A poor begin to the season prompted crew boss Toto Wolff to confess Mercedes had made a mistake in persevering with to pursue their unconventional sidepod design on their modified W14 challenger.
Following public criticism from Lewis Hamilton and a vital manufacturing facility assembly, Mercedes have agreed a restoration motion plan to get again to the entrance in F1, together with “radical adjustments” to their idea of automobile 2023 defective.
Talking forward of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, Russell mentioned Mercedes had already discovered some notable enhancements with “huge adjustments” within the pipeline.
“We’re right here to combat for wins and for the championship and we’re clearly not ready to do this proper now,” Russell mentioned.
“However huge adjustments are coming – nothing that you just will not see on the automobile this weekend as a result of naturally you’ll be able to’t deliver that to the automobile that rapidly.
“In due time we are going to see huge adjustments and hopefully the lap instances will characterize that.”
Russell added: “We’re working very onerous in the meanwhile with these adjustments, however I will not give away an excessive amount of.
“We’re seeing extra positive aspects within the final two or three weeks than we’ve got present in the entire winter by clearly creating within the mistaken window.
“So it is positively moving into the best course.”
Till the upgrades arrive, Russell expects Mercedes to battle its consumer crew Aston Martin and Ferrari for the ultimate podium spot behind the dominating Pink Bulls.
“If we handle to get one other P4 or combat for the rostrum, it is going to most likely exceed the potential of the automobile,” he mentioned.
“Aston shall be actually sturdy right here. They appear to be the strongest automobile within the medium velocity corners and there are many them right here in Melbourne.
“If we will combat once more with Aston and Ferrari will probably be a superb weekend.”
