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” came as no surprise to the team 🦩afterꦆ taking an engine penalty.

After qualifying seventh in Baku, and two places behind teammate , M🅠ercedes 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 each other o🌌ut in a huge penultimate lap crash🅠.

“We knew it was going to be a race of mi♋sery because it’s so difficult 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 yo💎u 𓆏go backwards, so that’s what happened to him.”

Mercedes knew they would have to introduce a new power unit into𒐪 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 the worst balance I’ve probably ever had - one of the worst balances,” he added. “Basically I h✃ad 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 cor🔜ner. It’s the weirdest wa꧃y I had to drive.

"I knew that I wouldn’t be able to overtake. It’s difficult to follow in the middle, at l�꧂�east be close at the end. I don’t know why our pace was so bad on our side. It happens.”