has apologised to for an “idiotic mistake” after the British driver endured a for on the Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who leaves for Ferrari subsequent 12 months, wanted to enhance on his closing lap in Q1 and was driving in quite a lot of visitors as he began his lap on the Yas Marina Circuit.
Kevin Magnussen then dislodged a bollard forward and, in a , the bollard turned wedged within the backside of Hamilton’s automobile. He certified 18th-fastest however will – his closing grand prix for Mercedes – in sixteenth because of grid penalties.
But Wolff apologised for the set-up of Hamilton’s automobile, with an eye fixed already on subsequent season.
“I have to apologise to Lewis, everyone who works laborious for him, the set-up we selected was to experiment subsequent 12 months, however we completely let him down,” Wolff instructed Sky Sports activities F1.
“An idiotic mistake, not going early, inexcusable. I’ve hardly ever been so down about what has occurred, it possibly summarises the final races with him, however this has been the worst, it was simply idiotic.
“We had been fortunate they raced via the visitors, with out the bollard it may need labored, however you don’t danger a lot in Q1, our most precious racing driver ever, on this sport, will get out in Q1 as a result of we make a mistake.
“It doesn’t spoil all of the legacy we now have him, I can solely make an apology to him. He was there, he’d have had an opportunity at a podium I feel.
“Now it’s just about unimaginable for him.”
Hamilton, nonetheless, refused to be as downbeat as his boss within the media pen afterwards.
“It’s simply my luck, it’s OK,” he stated. “I attempted, we tried.
“The automobile was in place, possibly a podium was doable this weekend, the timing was not optimised for the session and I simply ran out of time.”
Lando Norris certified on pole place with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri alongside him in second.
McLaren have a 21-point result in Ferrari as they give the impression of being to win the constructors’ championship for the primary time in 26 years.
