How Hamilton is facing up to Mercedes’ harsh new reality

Having qualified only 13th after struggling to get temperature into his Pirellis, it was logical to expect to see the seven-time F1 world champion make some progress, and at least get himself into the top 10 for the start of the main race on Sunday.
In fact he lost a couple of places at the start, and at the end of 21 laps had only managed to recover to 14th. His team-mate George Russell fared …Keep reading