“Team Made the Wrong Decision”: Lewis Hamilton Pins the Blame on Mercedes While Toto Wolff Issues Contradictory Statement

The 2023 Dutch GP weekend was one that Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes would like to forget. One expects Ferrari to be the team that makes the kind of mistakes that Mercedes made at the Dutch GP. Yes, we’re talking about strategic errors. Ones that possibly cost the team a chance at a podium position. Nonetheless, Lewis Hamilton contradicts Toto Wolff and pins the blame on Mercedes. What did Hamilton say?

Mercedes made all the wrong calls, especially during the first dry-to-wet and then back-to-dry stint. As a result, the team found itself at the back end. Toto Wolff called it a catastrophe as he advised how Mercedes got it completely wrong. However, while talking about reviewing the situation, he did advise that it’s never one person responsible but the driver, pit wall, and everyone else who takes a joint decision.

Lewis Hamilton, on the other hand, thinks otherwise. During a post-race interview, he advised how the team made a wrong weather decision and that was the team’s call. Hamilton told the Sky Sports team, “When that rain then came out, we as a team made the wrong decision. Ultimately, it was the team’s call, and we paid the price for that. We came out last and then we were just chasing.”

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Lewis Hamilton is known for being a crybaby, but blaming his own team is a little harsh. However, this won’t be the first time he’s done it. Let’s see Toto Wolff’s debrief of the race.

Toto Wolff opened up about the bitter-sweet Dutch GP result

Toto Wolff wasn’t happy with the Dutch GP result. As we’ve mentioned already, he called the first stint as a catastrophe. However, the Mercedes CEO didn’t fail to see the positives in this bad situation. Toto Wolff explained how the race pace was promising and is something for the team to look forward to. Even Hamilton advised how he was as quick as Verstappen was.

During the post-race interviews, Toto Wolff, speaking with Sky Sports, said, “I would rather have a fast race car and a mediocre result even though it hurts. It is bittersweet because the result is just really bad. We saw at the end of the inters, George had maximum speed and Lewis was right behind [Carlos] Sainz so we could have been much further ahead, but it’s still bittersweet because the result is really bad.”

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What do you think about Hamilton contradicting Toto Wolff?