Sad news;Lewis Hamilton disqualified before race starts at Azerbaijan GP Mercedes exceeding punishment on………..

It’s only tyres. If you see the Williams, all of a sudden were up there, when you get the tyres working. But I’m doing everything I normally do and more, trying absolutely everything with the tyres. When we go out, most often the tyres are below the window and you can’t get them up.

“You look at my last sector, it’s quickest, but it’s at the end of the lap. Every single Saturday I’ve lost at least half a second, to a second, and today I lost a second compared to yesterday. I do it every weekend. All I can do is just work as hard as I can. I’ve just got to stay positive and not get into my head.”

Toto Wolff had some consoling words for his star despite Hamilton’s fury after qualifying. He said: “Half a tenth normally makes the difference between three places. On Lewis’ side, it’s just tiny mistakes, tiny things that make all the difference between second or even pole, or fifth.”