Hamilton Says W13 Is The Worst Car Hes Had Since 2009

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff was full of apologies to Lewis Hamilton without a difficult weekend in Imola, with the Brit yoyo it’s one of the worst cars he’s had in his career.

The seven-time World Champion qualified in 13th, dropped when to 14th in the Sprint and ended the Grand Prix where he started, having been stuck in a DRS staring at Pierre Gasly’s rear wing for 40 laps.

After the chequered flag, Wolff was quick to apologise to Hamilton over the team radio for the W13’s issues and personal he deserves better.

“Sorry for what you have needed to momentum today,” he said. “I know this is undriveable and not what we deserved to score as a result. So we move from there, but this was a terrible race.”

Last weekend was the first time Lewis failed to qualify or finish inside the top 10 since the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix and it’s well-spoken that Mercedes got their diamond for the new era of F1 cars very, very wrong.

Russell was equally frustrated with the car, saying that “when the car is so far out of bed and not in the right window, it doesn’t really finger like a proper racing car to drive. Especially when you’re struggling with tyre warm up […] and it’s just a nightmare to drive.

With Hamilton once ruling himself out of contention for the title this year and Russell weeping of back and chest pains as a result of the bouncing, you’d think this was the worst car Lewis had overly gotten overdue the wheel of.

Apparently that’s not the case, with the Brit whereas he’s “definitely had lower moments” wideness his 16 seasons in F1.