05/08/2025 07:25
Toto Wolff believes Lewis Hamilton was "raw" and simply "wearing
his heart on his sleeve" after comments made during a dismal
Hungarian GP weekend. After being eliminated in 12th place in Q2,
Hamilton claimed he was "useless" and suggested Ferrari needed to
find "another driver", such has been his struggles. He then went on
to record his worst-ever finish in Hungary, a lapped 12th, and
doubled down on those comments, but did indicate he would still be
in the seat for the Dutch Grand Prix. Analysing the situation,
Wolff, with whom Hamilton won six of his seven world titles at
Mercedes, believes his former driver must remember that he is the
"greatest of all time." "No, it was Lewis wearing his heart on his
sleeve," Wolff told media, including RacingNews365 , when asked if
Hamilton had registered a decline in his abilities. "It's very much
what he felt when he was asked after the session, he was very raw,
he doubted himself, and we've had it in the past, that when he felt
he had underperformed his own expectations, he's been emotional.
"He's emotionally transparent since he was a young boy and adult,
so he is going to beat himself up. He is the GOAT, and he will
always be the GOAT, and nobody is going to take that away, and for
sure not a single weekend or race season that has not gone to
plan. "It is something that he needs to remember, that he is the
greatest of all time. "Lewis has unfinished business in Formula 1,
so in the same way that Mercedes underperformed over this latest
set of regulations and never got happy with ground effect cars,
maybe it is linked to the driving style. "He shouldn't go anywhere
next year with the brand-new cars, which are completely different
to drive, new power units which need an intelligent way of managing
the energy, so it's absolutely on for Lewis. "I hope he stays on
for many more years."
