Toto Wolff fed up with Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes boss gives stern radio message

Lewis Hamilton received a stern radio message from his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff telling him to stop complaining about his car’s troubles after a frustrating Austrian Grand Prix for the team. The seven-time world champion repeatedly bemoaned the lack of pace in his W14 as he fell from fourth to seventh during the race, but Wolff was unwilling to let the 38-year-old continue his rant on the radio with a blunt message to his star man.

Hamilton qualified fifth for the race and passed Lando Norris on the first corner as he pressured the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.

But as the race went on, the Mercedes star struggled to make progress and spent the majority of his race defending against his Brit – a repeat of their battle in the 2022 race – as he failed to pull out of DRS range.

Hamilton picked up a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits more than three times, having been shown a black and white flag by race control. And he fumed on the radio as his issues with the brakes appeared to slow him down, meaning he had to try and use the maximum of the track to avoid losing time.

As Hamilton continued to complain to his race engineer Peter Bonnington on the team radio, Wolff stepped in with a stern message to his driver – something that is rarely seen from the Austrian chief – as he was seemingly fed up with his flurry of complaints.

Wolff said to Hamilton: “Lewis the car is bad we know, please drive it.”

Hamilton had been furious with Sergio Perez escaping a penalty for exceeding track limits at Turn 10 when he was chasing the Red Bull star and it appeared the 103-time race winner had become irritated by his five-second penalty, which saw him lose places to Norris and Fernando Alonso.

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