Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff says 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s “race of misery” ca🅷me as no surprise to the💞 team after taking an engine penalty.

After qualifying seventh in Baku, and two places behind teammate , Mercedes elected to🦂 fit a new power unit in Hamilton’s W15, forcing him to start from the pitlane.

The seven-time world champion endured a frustrating race, finishing inside the points in ninth only after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz wiped e๊ach other out in a huge penultimate lap crash.

“We knew it was going to be a race of misery because it’s so dif🍨ficult to overtake in Baku, and that’s what it was,” Mercedes team principal Wolff admitted.

“The moment you come close you overheat the tyres and then you go backwards, so that’s wh🥃at happened to him.”

Mer🦄cedes knew they would have to introduce a new power unit into Hamilton’s pool at some stage this season after the 39-year-old Briton suffered an engine failure in Australia earlier this year.

Explaining the rationale behind the decision to take the penalty in Baku, Wolff said: “I think there are two difficult philosophies and we discussed🧜 it at length.

after the race, Hamilton revealed a component on his car had not been “correctly built”.

“It was ꧙the worst balance I’ve probably ever had - one of the𒊎 worst balances,” he added. “Basically I had so much front end but no rears.

“It’s not the way you drive. I had to yank the steering to break the traction from the front, slide the front🌄 through every corne🌱r. It’s the weirdest way I had to drive.

"I knew th♛at I would𒁏n’t be able to overtake. It’s difficult to follow in the middle, at least be close at the end. I don’t know why our pace was so bad on our side. It happens.”