Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists Lewis Hamilton should be admired for surmounting a bout of illness in Hockenheim and racing when others would have thrown in the towel. Hamilton felt under the weather from the outset in Germany, with signs of the flu even inciting Mercedes to ask reserve driver Esteban Ocon to prepare himself to substitute for the reigning world champion on Saturday. However, Hamilton reported for duty, took part in FP1 and duly secured pole in the afternoon shootout. Disastrous day at the office for Hamilton and Mercedes It all fell apart on Sunday amid the race's chaotic conditions, but Wolff knew that Hamilton was nowhere near being in top form. "I think he was not...
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