By Daniel Moxon Toto Wolff has explained why his Mercedes team went all-out to beat Ferrari to second place in the championship despite handing their rivals an advantage in the process. It became clear very early in the 2023 season that Red Bull were in a league of their own. Both Mercedes and Ferrari have grander ambitions than the runners-up spot, but that’s all there was to play for this year. In the end, it was the Silver Arrows who came out on top. They outscored their Italian rivals by just three points in the end, George Russell doing enough in a tense Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale to sto…