Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has told Lewis Hamilton that the changes to his pit crew are no excuse if he misses out on the F1 Championship this season. Ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, Hamilton admitted the transfer of five members of his backroom team to team-mate Nico Rosberg before the start of the campaign has proved to be disruptive. Rosberg holds an eight-point lead over Hamilton ahead of Sunday’s race, with the Mercedes pair proving to be the two fastest drivers in practice. But while Wolff sympathises with Hamilton, he says the British driver has to accept that Mercedes are acting in the best interests of the team, rather than an individual. “We will not...
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