Mercedes admit 'issues' after Hamilton's Texas trouble
A frustrated Toto Wolff admitted his Mercedes team are struggling with "issues" on Sunday after seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton crashed out on the fifth lap of the United States Grand Prix.
He referred to
car problems and said Hamilton's exit was "one hundred percent the
car" as he was "not even pushing at that stage…and Lewis Hamilton
doesn't lose a car on lap five like this."
Wolff also spoke
out about the inconsistencies of stewards' decisions that on Sunday included a
five-second penalty for George Russell who finished a fine sixth after starting
from the pit lane.
Clearly
referring to a stewards' decision to give McLaren's Lando Norris a five-second
penalty for gaining an advantage when he was forced off track as he passed Red
Bull's Max Verstappen, Wolff was enigmatic.
"It's
inconsistent," he said. "Yesterday, we've seen a few of those incidents
which were exactly the same but weren't penalised -- racing for positions
actually, real positions and receiving that penalty is just completely odd and
bizarre.
"I think we
know, but obviously you can't say that on television…. some of that decision
making at the end. Sometimes, there's correlations between when there is
decision-making that is a bit interesting."
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