Toto Wolff launches Mercedes review after Lewis Hamilton and George Russell 'disaster'

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Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has admitted his team made a 'catastrophic' mistake at the Dutch Grand Prix which will see him launch an investigation into their plan for the race. None of the Silver Arrows managed to reach the podium, as Lewis Hamilton finished sixth and George Russell failed to reach the end of the race after a collision with Lando Norris.

Russell criticized the team for their mid-race radio after starting P3 and expecting to fight for a podium spot, but after waiting to change his tires due to heavy rain , he fell off the back of the podium. grid.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Wolff explained: "I think we stayed out for too long. We got it completely wrong and it's annoying because the car had real pace. From from there she just recovered as well as we did. I could. I'd rather have a fast race car and a poor result even if it hurts. It's bittersweet because the result is really bad.

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"We saw at the end on the inters, George had top speed and Lewis was right behind [Carlos] Sainz so we could have been a lot more up front, but it's still bittersweet because the result is really bad.

“We will look at the situation in depth and the situation is never just one person or one department, it is the communications between the pilot, the pitwall, the strategy and then we all make a decision - it was absolutely poor of all of us and that includes me."

Hamilton admitted the team "paid the price" for their mistake by not reacting quickly enough at Zandvoort. "I was the only one using the medium tires and I wanted to be compensated by the people around me, not everyone on the grid," he said. "That rain came and as a team we made the wrong decision. In the end it was the team's decision. We paid the price.

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"We came out last and after that we just kept running with our heads down. It was a really good example of falling or stumbling, getting back up and keeping trying. Every time I had to stop in the pits, I came out behind. and I continued to chase after."

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