Toto Wolff has issued an apology to168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton following his shock Q1 exit at the F1 Abu Dhabiꦬ Grand Prix, admitting “we totally let him down”.

Hamilton was knocked out in Q1 after running over a bollard in the final sector of his lap at the Yas Marina Circui෴t.

The seven-time world champion was unfortunate to get the bollard stuck under his car after it was put on the circuit by Haas’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen.

Without it, it’s likely Hamilton would have made it into🍒 Q2 in his final race with Mercedes, but it wasn’t plain sailing before that.

Hamilton narrowly crossed the start-finish line in time, with traffic a problem for both Merced༒es drivers, meaning he started his final Q1 with his tyres not quite up to temperature.

♌Wolff was understandably angry after qualifying in Abu Dhabi, describing Mercedes’ error as “idiotic” and “inexcusable”.

ဣ“I just need to apologise to Lewis,” Wolff said on Sky Sports. “Also to everyone in the team that w🐲orked so hard in making it a great end for him.

“He was the quicker guy with the setup we chose on the car to experiment for next year. We totally let him down.🥂 Idiotic mistake of not going earlier.

“Inexcusable, inexcusable. I’ve rarely b꧃een so down about what has happened.

“Maybe it summarises the last races we’ve had withꦅ him but this is the worst part of it because it was just idi💙otic.”

‘It doesn’t ruin the Hamilton-Mercedes legacy’

Hamilton will bow out of Mercedes at the end of Sunda🎃y’s race ahead of his switch⛄ to Ferrari in 2025.

The Hamilton-Mercedes combination is the most successful in the spoꦰrt’s history.

The 39-year-old has won six of his seven titles with the Brackley-based outfit, taking oveওr 80 victo🅷ries.

Wolff was keen to point out that it doesn’t “ruin the lega⛦cy we had with him” but it was a sad end to their time together.

“I think we were lucky that both of them ༒wrestled their way through the other traffic,” Wolff added.

“Maybe without the bollard it would have worked. You don’t ris🔥k so much in a Q1 where we easily had t🧔he pace to make it out there.

“Our most valuable racing driver ever, the 🃏most valuable greatest driver of this sport, gets out in Q1 because we make a mistake. It doesn’t ruin the legacy we had with him but I can ℱonly say sorry to him.”