Wolff insists early spin ‘100%’ not Hamilton’s fault

“We’ve seen it [in qualifying] with George, and that was possibly over pushing it, however nonetheless abrupt[ly] dropping it, placing it within the wall. At this time, such a scenario, there was wind and there was somewhat little bit of soiled air…

“We’ve undoubtedly [got] a problem. I don’t know whether or not it was yesterday the identical as right now. Positively Lewis Hamilton doesn’t lose the automotive like this.”

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Wolff additionally supplied his ideas on the five-second time penalty handed out to Russell for an incident with Kick Sauber rival Valtteri Bottas, having initially made a uncommon look on the radio to explain it as a “complete joke”.

Recovering from a pit lane begin following his qualifying crash, Russell muscled his well past Bottas beneath braking for Flip 12 however was deemed by the stewards to have pressured the Finn off the monitor within the course of.