Toto Wolff’s Four Words to Lewis Hamilton After Singapore Grand Prix Misery

Hamilton qualified in P3 on Saturday, wrapping up ahead of team-mate George Russell on a Saturday for fair the fifth time this season, but the seven-time world champion’s Amazing Prix was faraway less direct.

Mercedes made the choice to begin the Brit on soft-compound tires with the larger part of the field on mediums. He was incapable to create advances on second-placed Max Verstappen at the begin, and rapidly begun to battle with his Pirelli elastic.

Lando Norris rules Max Verstappen as Lewis Hamilton exhaust at Singapore GP
With George Russell holding up calmly behind in P4, Mercedes made the call to bring Hamilton into the pit path on lap 18, long some time recently the rest of the frontrunners. From here, the 39-year-old complained around the extraordinary tire counterbalanced and execution of his W15 machine.

When the chequered hail dropped, Hamilton had drooped from third on the network to 6th on the street with Russell, Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc – who begun from P9 – all making their way past.

Group central Wolff was sorry after the race. “Yeah Lewis, too bad,” he said on the radio. “We gave you a car that was fair not great sufficient here and clearly, we examined the race off-base, but it wouldn’t have made a distinction. We were fair moderate nowadays.”

Race build Dwindle Bonnington moreover had a few consoling words for his driver. “Lewis mate that’s P6,” he clarified. “That tire bet truly shot us in the foot there.”

Mercedes will be frightened by the critical inlet in execution between themselves and McLaren. The Silver Bolts recorded three wins in a four-race span prior this summer, but Lando Norris was in a association of his claim on Sunday.

The 24-year-old traveled to triumph by over 20 seconds, ruling the rest of the field as he punched in his third career Amazing Prix win and cut Max Verstappen’s championship lead to 52 focuses 

Team principal Wolff was apologetic after the race. “Yeah Lewis, sorry,” he said on the radio. “We gave you a car that was just not good enough here and obviously, we read the race wrong, but it wouldn’t have made a difference. We were just slow today.”