Wolff hoping for safety car intervention in Hamilton fightback
Wolff hoping for safety car intervention in Hamilton fightback
Ian Parkes & Ewan Gale
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is hoping for safety car assistance to help Lewis Hamilton rise through the field during the Italian Grand Prix.
The seven-time F1 champion finished qualifying fifth-fastest but will drop to 19th by virtue of a back-of-the-grid penalty, with only Yuki Tsunoda below him.
The Silver Arrows has so far encountered difficulties around the 'temple of speed' at Monza with its drag inefficiency affecting the W13s.
Hamilton finished 1.3secs adrift of pole-sitter Charles Leclerc's pole position time, with team-mate George Russell slower in sixth.
"We clearly developed [the car] away from an optimal set-up in FP2," said Wolff, addressing the team's struggles.
"It came back in FP3 and we had another one run that was good with George so as I said before, it is not always easy to understand."