Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff does not wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚant to lose all of the "diva" traits from the championship-winning W08 car ꧅from 2017 as the team puts the finishing touches to its new model, the W09.

Mercedes recovered from a pre-season deficit to Ferrari to clinch its fourth straight set of titles in 2017 led by drivers' champion Lewis Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas, with 🌊the narrow peak operating window of the W08 leading Wolff to call it a "diva".

Mercedes will officially unveil its new 2018 car, the W09, at Silverstone on February 22, and Wolff is happy with how plans are progressing ahead of its first ﷽on-track running.

"It's never going completely seamlessly or smoothly, because you are trying to push the boundaries, make the cars as light꧒ as possible and - eventually - as quick as possible," Wolff said.

"We have had a good winter, I would say. No real drama, but there is always stress within the organ♎isation at this 💜time of year."

Despite the "diꦫva" nature of last year's car, Wolf does not want the 2018 model to lose all of these traits given its success.

"Some of the character traits fr🔯om a d🦄iva, we like," Wolff said.

"The W08 was the fastest car in Formula 1, it scored the most pole positions and won the most races. So, you need to be careful not to dump the things that actually work on the car, just to remedy the difficulties🐲 the ꦜcar showed.

"We analysed it properly and when we go testing in a month's time, we wi🐎ll see if the car is a little bit better behaved or not."