“I agree with Damon, it’s a horrible frequency for the head but also for the back at the same time. They [Mercedes] have got to do something. They can’t expect Lewis and George to go through this year suffering the way they are at the moment.”
Things may not get much better in Canada next time out given that it is another bumpy circuit, and the Mercedes mechanics and engineers do not have much time to mastermind a transformation. Any failure won’t be for the want of trying, however, as team principal Toto Wolff has not been shy in voicing his frustration, publicly apologising to Hamilton for providing him with a ‘s***box’ to drive.
While the Brit is set to turn up in Canada and give it his best shot, he may struggle to make it through if things don’t improve, based on how he described Sunday’s ordeal.