Mercedes defends his strategist after a mistake in GP of Austria

Hamilton was the only one of the scorers who did not make his pit stop when his teammate, Valtteri Bottas, unleashed the activation of the virtual safety car.

His race engineer Peter Bonnington came on the radio and told Hamilton that

Later, Vowles came twice to speak directly to Hamilton, apologizing for the mistake and trying to motivate him by saying "give us what you are capable of" and "we believe and believe Asked about the decision – and other strategic choices of the team in 2018 -, Wolff insisted on the fact that Mercedes fully supports Vowles and said that he had the courage to admit an error in a message that would be broadcast to broadcasters "

" We do not need to make any changes. the most important thing is to understand why an error occurs, to come back to the situation and badyze it. "

" I do not think we would make a mistake twice. Was just that the situation is very complex.We fought with six cars, and it's a hard situation. "

" For me, James is one of the best of all, and it takes courage to come up, and in order to have the best possible result, "

Wolff said that put Vowles on the radio and admit that the boxing team had made a mistake was a way to motivate Hamilton. 19659002] "For Lewis, leading the race and leaving the pits in fourth, it was a time when he was suffering really. "

" And we thought it was not over. We wanted to get as many points as we could, and at one point we all suffered from the mistake we made. "

" James goes on the radio with the mentality that we have, we can say that we made a mistake give him the peace of mind, that there is a complete science within the team of what went wrong and that it was our mistake to stop him thinking about it. "

" It was to extract what was left of performance and help him get out of this mental cycle of "how could this go wrong? By recognizing the mistake, it is easier to get out of this spiral.

Wolff also congratulated Hamilton for his positive mentality at the post-race meeting, which was also attended by team members based in the UK.

"We had a meeting because we have to follow the protocol, and he came on the radio and said," I do not know how much you hear now of Brixworth and Brackley, but I do not remember when I I left for the last time.This team has the best reliability of recent years and was by far the fastest car in the race.It's the best team I've ever led. overcome that, and I have no doubt we will make it strong.It is the state of mind. "