Lewis Hamilton has been accused of “spinning” his qualifyi🐽ng woes around Mercedes’ upgrade in 🥃Monaco.

Hamilton opted to allow teammate Geo🌃rge Russell to run the updated front w🌱ing last weekend.

After qualifying behind Russell for the seventh time in eight attempts this year, Hamilton oddly declared꧙: “I don’t anticipate being ahead of George in qualifying particularly, this year.”

Jamie Chadwick noted that Ham💃ilto✱n did not seem happy on Saturday in Monaco.

“He didn’t,” the Andretti Indy NXꦯT driver told Channel 4 after qualifying.

“But I think he knows what he’s doing.

“Hဣe’s spinning it, to make it sound like he’s not got th🌟e upgrades this weekend.

“I think he should take his hat off♎ to George, who is 7-1 up against someone like Lewis.

“Lewis is probably not happy about that, to be honest. And that’s where that comment has come꧒ from.

“Of course, he’s on his way out.

“George is stayi⛄ng in that seat for what they hope will be ♛a long time.

“They need to keep George happy, and that might come o🌺ff the back of Le🍌wis not being happy.

“He’s doing anಞ incredible job. He’s smashing [Hamilton].”

Fox Mexico journalist Diego Mejia told the F1 Nation podcast: “It’🦄s been a joy to speak to 🐈Lewis this year.

“Although🐭 he’s not getting victories, podiums or pole positions, he has been💃 quite relaxed. Looking at the bright side, always.

“He has been in that mood u𝔉ntil [the Monaco Grand Prix] weeken🦋d. He is a little less zen.

“Since he was announced as a🌳 Ferrari driver, we knew at some point in the ye🤪ar he wouldn’t be in all the meetings with all the information.

“The normal process that a driver leaving for a rival teaꦐm faces.

“But Lewis’ messag𓂃e is that this is coming earlier. That’s what it seems from the outside.”

Mercedes trackside e🐼ngineeri🔥ng director Andrew Shovlin insisted that Hamilton made the decision to let Russell run their only upgraded wing in Monaco “simply for us”.

Shovlin added that the team anticipate having updat♐ed wing on each of their cars, plus a spare,𝓰 in Canada for the next grand prix.