Formula One director clarifies 'back of grid' Mercedes jibe to George Russell

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Mercedes teammate George Russell, former world champion Damon Hill has declared.The seven-time champion has endured a nightmare start to the 2022 season with Mercedes struggling following the latest round of regulation changes, finishing outside the points last time out at Imola in what was a disastrous weekend for the Brit.However, despite Mercedes' woes, Russell has found consistency in the car with top-five finishes in each of his four races since joining the team, while he's finished ahead of his teammate in each of the last three rounds of racing.That has seen Hamilton come under significant scrutiny, with questions regarding his long-term future and whether his title defeat to Max Verstappen last season has hit his confidence - with the chances of a record-breaking eighth world title looking like a pipe dream.With Hamilton facing criticism and scrutiny, with comparisons made to his form and Russell's, Hill believes that such a view is not showing the full picture, with Hamilton not being fortunate in his endeavours so far in the 2022 campaign."He's [Russell] done an absolutely brilliant job and is looking strong. I think Lewis has been a little unlucky and I think he's been delving around and [has] been happy to play the guy who tries the experimental setup for Mercedes a bit because he's got more experience with them," he told the F1 Nation podcast."So perhaps he's gone the wrong way sometimes and that has made him look worse off than he really is against George, but George is definitely doing a sterling job – and I think that's a very firm foundation for him going forward.

Lewis Hamilton this season, insisting that his compatriot has 'not lost it' despite his Mercedes woes.Hamilton finished outside the points last time out in Imola and the seven-time champion has finished behind teammate George Russell in each of the last three races, with his partner maintaining top-five finishes in each of the four races this term.Mercedes' poor car performance and Hamilton's inability to get the best out of his drives has raised questions as to whether the legendary driver is past his best and whether he could soon depart the grid, having been agonisingly beaten by Red Bull's Max Verstappen to the title last season. However, Button has warned against that sort of belief and his backing his former teammate to bounce back in the upcoming races.

Toto Wolff has issued a lifeline to Lewis Hamilton after confirming that the team are rolling out improvements for this weekend's Miami Grand Prix, which they hope will revitalise their season.The German outfit have won eight Constructor's Championships in a row but have endured a woeful start to the new season, with the Silver Arrows unable to maintain the pace with Ferrari and Red Bull - who are in danger of pulling out of reach.Seven-time world champion Hamilton has particularly struggled, finishing outside the points last time out at Imola and unable to find the pace in the car that teammate George Russell has, raising questions as to whether his time on the grid will be coming to an end.Mercedes' issues this season have come amid an inability to solve the 'porpoising' problems that leaves the car bouncing at high speed and while others have also encountered similar issues, the likes of Ferrari have still been able to maintain a blistering pace. That's left Hamilton out of the picture for the title fight and Mercedes looking likely to cede their crown unless a remarkable comeback can be achieved, with Toto Wolff confirming that lessons have been learned and there are improvements on the cards.“Since we returned from Italy, we've learned as much from the weekend as we can and, in parallel, our learning has continued in the wind tunnel and simulations.

Lewis Hamilton has added another tattoo to his impressive collection of body art as he showed off a fresh hand inking on Wednesday.The Formula 1 star, who has been tipped to appear in chart-topping rapper Stormzy’s comeback music video alongside the likes of David Beckham and Louis Theroux, was spotted leaving celebrity tattoo spot Bang Bang in New York City.The always fashion-forward sportsman was dressed in a baby blue velvet double-breasted jacket and matching tie-waist trousers, which he paired with a pink and white T-shirt and green and white trainers.The 37-year-old also donned a pair of blue lens mirrored sunglasses and a face mask as he made a low-key exit from the shop.Lewis, who is experiencing a rough season with Mercedes, appeared relaxed as he strolled down the street, offering a glimpse at his hands where skin real estate is at a premium for tattoos.He showed off initial new tattoos on the backs of his fingers and knuckles in February, adding to the concentric circle and symbols design he had on his left hand and sheath of swords with an eye in the centre and a blazing sun at the top of his right hand.In February’s session, Lewis’s new body art included a spaceship, half of a tiger’s face on his left index finger, planets, the words ‘mum’, ‘love’, ‘coco’ and ‘live’, and the letter ‘A’, plus lines down his middle fingers and stars.His tattoo artist showed off his work on Instagram, offering a close-up of the detail and it appears the star was there for a touch-up as well as new addition on Wednesday.Lewis’ hands looked a little red around the edges of his tattoos from February on Wednesday, while he also debuted a new inking on the side of his left hand – a word written in large cursive script, which

George Russell has explained the car's struggles so far this season and believes his fourth-placed finish at Imola was 'fortunate'.The ex-Williams ace has finished in the top five in each of his four races for Mercedes so far this season, rising from 12th on the grid at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to maintain that record and ease frustrations after a difficult weekend.Friday's qualifying session saw Mercedes fail to reach the final round for the first time in a decade, while Russell and teammate Lewis Hamilton were unable to improve on their starting positions for the race in Saturday's Sprint.Russell did at least have reasons to be cheerful when the chequered flag was raised at Imola though following his triumphant charge through the grid, with Hamilton finishing outside the points and Toto Wolff admitting the car was 'undriveable'.Mercedes' 'porpoising' issues have been well documented this season, with the team unable to retain pace like the Ferrari's have despite their own issues with bouncing, but Russell explained that it's not the only problem they need to overcome."I’m relatively pleased to maximise the points available this weekend. Whether we’re getting the most out of the car is a different story and I do think things have fallen slightly in our favour with these first four races.

Lewis Hamilton.The Brit finished outside the points for the first time this season and suffered the humiliation of being lapped by Max Verstappen, the man he was going toe-to-toe with for the title throughout last season.It's left Hamilton's chances of winning a record-breaking eighth world title this season slim at best, with the veteran driver conceding even before the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that he was 'obviously' not vying for the honour.Wolff already conceded to Hamilton after the race that the Mercedes car was 'undriveable' and has now gone further, admitting that the German manufacturer's design 'doesn't work' having encountered another weekend to forget."All of the goodness and badness happens mainly on the floor and we have interesting ideas and concepts that we are exploring that have to find their way onto the car in the next few races. I wouldn’t say there is such thing as a concept being wrong.

Lewis Hamilton, after the Mercedes driver encountered further woes at Imola.A poor weekend for the seven-time world champion culminated in a frustrating afternoon at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where Hamilton narrowly avoided a collision in the pit lane with Esteban Ocon and could only finish 13th - while teammate George Russell came fourth.To add further salt to the wounds, Hamilton suffered the embarrassment of being lapped by Max Verstappen - the man who he went toe-to-toe with for the title last season and the man he now cannot even get close to keeping pace with. Verstappen played down the lapping, which happened on lap 40, stating: "They've been slow all year so for me it's not really anything exciting, it just happens."Red Bull chief Marko, however, certainly enjoyed what he witnessed and couldn't help but to take the opportunity to make a swipe at Hamilton: "I mean, he was lapped by us.

Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in 2016.During a four-year stint as teammates, Rosberg and Hamilton dominated the sport, winning 54 of 78 races in that period, with the two childhood friends seeing their relationship turn sour in the process.Hamilton won the titles in 2014 and 2015, with tempers boiling over in the 2016 season as Rosberg looked to win the title for the first time - leading to a number of incidents were the two teammates ended up colliding, with Toto Wolff describing an incident at Austria as 'brainless'.During this spell, Mercedes had to step-up to outline rules for the two drivers in order to keep them on the straight and narrow, putting punishments in place for any rule breaks, and Rosberg has lifted the lid on that battle."We made it extremely difficult. It got to the point where we were handed a code of conduct paper with what we were able to do in a wheel-to-wheel battle, even penalties with fines with a lot of zeroes attached to that because there was no other way.

Mercedes are struggling this season, with the Italian team managing to cope with similar issues.The latest changes to the Formula One regulations for the 2022 season have seen a number of teams encounter 'porpoising' issues that have seen drivers violently bouncing down the track - with floors of the cars being damaged on some occasions.Those issues have led to a disastrous start to the season for Mercedes, who have been unable to find a fix and have been significantly off the pace from title-chasing duo Ferrari and Red Bull - despite the former encountering their own issues.However, while 'porpoising' has decimated Mercedes' pace, Ferrari have still been able to compete - with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz the top two in the Driver's Championship, while the Prancing Horse lead the way in the Constructor's.Binotto was quizzed why other teams have been unable to counter their issues and admitted he wasn't sure, stating: "I don't know why the others are not as quick as we are with porpoising, but it's true that we are still suffering with it."We put some actions on the car to try to mitigate it, but it's not yet addressed and solved.

Lewis Hamilton is 'unhappy' amid the team's continued struggles, with further issues encountered ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.The German outfit have been unable to fix their 'porpoising' issues in the opening rounds of the season, with those problems once again prevalent in Friday's qualifying and the team unable to find the pace in the Sprint to work their way back up the grid.That has already seen Hamilton declare that the team are 'obviously' not competing with Ferrari and Red Bull for the title this season, although the Brit has also made it clear that he has no desire to vacate his position.Still, it's easy to see that all is not well at Mercedes and the fallout of the struggles started to come to a head on Friday with Hamilton pictured in fierce discussions with team principal Toto Wolff following the exit in Q2.Coulthard has now had his say on the situation and has issued a frank assessment of the position that Hamilton and Mercedes find themselves in, stating: “Inevitably he’s not happy about that. The team are not happy about it.