Toto Wolff has backed former driver Lewis Hamilton to bounce back from his struggles after an emotional outpouring at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
“No, it was Lewis wearing his heart on his sleeve,” Wolff said when confronted with Hamilton’s comments. “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 One, 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.”