David Coulthard was “surprised” with Lewis Hamilton’s unhappiness with his strategy at last weekend’s F1 Singa▨pore Gra🐻nd Prix.

Merc♛edes confessed they were “wrong” to o✱ffset Hamilton with soft tyres, resulting in an early pitstop.

Hamilton complained that Mercedes were “killing ꧑me with this offset” via team radio, as a P3 start slumped to a P6 f🐟inish.

“No, he wasn’t h🃏appy,” former F1 driver Coulthard an༺alysed on Channel 4.

“He wasn’t happy with the strategy. I am 🐈surprised that it was a discu🎀ssion.

“I🍌f you go off the ♑grid on soft tyres, you know that you’ll pit earlier.

ꦛ“A medium could have work💜ed brilliantly if there had been a Safety Car.

“All those good ifs, buts and maybes.

“In the end, after a stron๊g qualifying, it was a lacklustre grand prix.”

Toto Wolff admitted 🌜afterwa🐬rds: “We thought that the Soft tyre would give Lewis an advantage at the start but that turned out to be the wrong decision.”

Teammate George Russel🔯l started behind Hamilton buജt finished in front.

Hamilton had out-qualified Russell for only the fifth time this season in Singapore𝓡 to line up third on the starting grid😼.

“Great to see him find his mojo again in qualifying,” ex-teammate Nico Rosberg told Sky Sports꧑.

“He used to be 𒐪extremely strong in qualifying. He’s one of the greatest of all time, even inꦗ qualifying.”

Hope offered for misfiring Ferrari

Hamilton’s future 🦩team, Ferrari, also endured a frustrating Singapore Grand Prix.

Chaꦉrles Leclerc qualified ninth and finish the grand prix in fifth. Carlos Sainz qualified tenth and finished seventh.

“No question, a missed op♑portunity,” Coulthard assesse🍌d.

“They were having real difficulty getting the🍸 tyres switched on.

“In Baku the tyre pressures were higher, as stipulated by Pirelli. Here, they coul🔯d bring them down. 

“With the lower blankets that they now run, Carlos got caught out. ▨That’s how he ended up in the wall.

“Charles? A little mistake🔜. It was recovery from there.

“But the pace is there, in race pace.”