Lewis Hamilton was given four words by Toto Wolff over the group radio following the Singapore Fantastic Prix. A rough ride through the Marina Narrows heated the British driver to tears with his tire technique.
For the seventh time this season, Hamilton finished ahead of teammate George Russell on a Saturday for fair, qualifying in P3. However, the seven-time world champion’s Amazing Prix was somewhat less straightforward.Mercedes decided to start the British Grand Prix on soft-compound tires, while the majority of the competition was running on mediums.
He struggled to gain ground on second-placed Max Verstappen right away and quickly started using his Pirelli tire.At the Singapore GP, Lando Norris outclasses Max Verstappen while Lewis Hamilton fades.On lap 18, far later than the other front-runners, Mercedes decided to put Hamilton into the pits, with George Russell patiently waiting up behind in P4.
From this point on, the 39-year-old voiced complaints regarding his W15 machine’s execution and unusual tire balancing.After the hailstorm, Hamilton had fallen from third place on the network to sixth place on the street alongside Russell and Oscar Piastri.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 an association of his claim on Sunday. Group central Wolff apologized after the race, saying, “Yeah Lewis, too bad,” 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 builder Dwindle Bonnington also had some comforting words for his driver, clarifying, “Lewis mate, that’s P6.”The 24-year-old defeated Max Verstappen by more than 20 seconds, dominating the remainder of the field as he recorded his third career Amazing Prix victory and trimmed his championship advantage to 52 points. Following the race, team principal Wolff expressed regret. He apologized on the air, saying, “Yeah, Lewis. “We gave you a car today that was just slow and not good enough here.”