Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists the reigning world champions are ready for the challenge tha🌼t will be posed by a “heavy” revised 2020 Formula 1 calendar.

After the opening 10 races were🍸 shelved due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the heavily-delayed 2020 season will restart with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5.

Back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring will kick off the European leg of the calendar which will be formed of eight rounds in just 10 weeks, including two triple-💫headers.

F1 is currently working to finalise the back-end of the sea🍨son following the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on September 6, though several flyaways on the original schedule including Canada, Azerbaijan, and Singapore are expected to be cancelled soon.

“At least we know that we’re going back to racing for the next few months,” Wolff to♊ld Sky F1.

“It’s a solid European calendar and everybody back in Brackley and Brixworth is happy that we ca🎐n finally get back on track. We love🗹 the competition and we missed that.

"We know the European calendar looks pretty solid. I think the two Middle Eastern races at the end seem to be OK. And then it's about filling the big gap ♏in autumn. I would hope t♏hat we can have 12 or more races as a minimum.

“It’s a challenge. We’re all aware why that is, but 🐬we owe it to our fans to give the🔴m racing, come up with a good show.

“Of course 👍it’ll be heavy for all of us, doing triple-headers, not being able to go home, but it’s th✤ese special circumstances.”

Mercedes returned to the track at Silverstone this week for the first time since pre-season testing in Barcelona three-and-a-half months as it✱ stepped up preparations and familiarised itself to F1’s strict hygiene measures ahead o♚f the new campaign.

Pictures released by the German manufacturer duri𒈔ng the two-day private test showed mechanics and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas wearing masks and observing social distancing where possible.