Motor racing-Mercedes expect Canada to be a bigger challenge than Barcelona

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Mexico City Grand Prix - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico - October 29, 2022 Mercedes' engineer Andrew Shovlin before qualifying REUTERS/Carlos Perez Gallardo/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) - Next week's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal will be a bigger challenge for resurgent Mercedes than last Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, the team's trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said on Thursday.

Mercedes finished second and third at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya with seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and George Russell securing the team's first double podium of the campaign.