Max Verstappen’s splendor became Lewis Hamilton’s agony. Red Bull’s glory has become Mercedes’s pain. As the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has come to an end with Max Verstappen winning it all, Mercedes had a bitter-sweet experience with Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver came home to P13 with no points on board. The team boss apologizes.
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As Lewis came home in P13, he seemed to be dejected. Most importantly, yesterday’s sprint race finish saw the Briton having deafening silence after he crossed the finish line.
After Lewis crossed the line, Toto got on to the radio to talk to Lewis. Toto conveyed, “Lewis, hi. Sorry for what you have needed to drive today. I know this is undrivable and not what we deserved to score as a result. So we move from there, but this was a terrible race.”
🗣️"I know this is undrivable"
🗣️"This was a terrible race"Toto Wolff with a very honest radio message to Lewis Hamilton following a difficult Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for Mercedes driver 👇 pic.twitter.com/2Qp4TYZ74R
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) April 24, 2022
Hamilton replied to it, “Yeah, no worries, Toto. Let’s keep working hard.”
Toto concluded, “Yeah, we will. We will come out of this.”
Where does Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes stand after the Italian GP?
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The start of the weekend hasn’t been good enough for the Brackley-based team. Lewis finished his qualification in Q2 in P13 while George Russell finished in P11. Despite having a chance to go up the places in the sprint race, the Mercedes boys failed to make amends. For Hamilton, it was even worse as he slumped to one more place to start Sunday’s race at P14.
George crosses the line in P4 to salvage points from a difficult weekend for the Team. pic.twitter.com/jV0YRCVV7s
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) April 24, 2022
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After the fourth round of F1 in Italy, Mercedes slipped down to P3 in Constructor’s Championship with 77 points. However, thanks to George Russell’s mighty performance that saw the new recruit snatch a P4 position after starting from P11, the German team stay clear of P4 McLaren by quite a margin.
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