Lewis Hamilton jealous of F1 rivals as Toto Wolff left baffled at Las Vegas GP

George Russell flew the flag for Mercedes and Britain by securing the third grid slot for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, while Lewis Hamilton endured another poor qualifying session.Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff wish Mercedes had the one-lap pace Ferrari were once again able to show at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The seven-time world champion didn’t even make it through to Q3, narrowly missing out on the top 10. Meanwhile, Ferrari flexed their qualifying muscles again as both drivers beat Max Verstappen, who only managed to go third quickestCarlos Sainz was second on the timesheets but will drop 10 places thanks to a grid penalty. It means Hamilton will actually start the race 10th, which still leaves him with plenty of ground to make up.Hamilton has already made it clear he is counting down the days until this season is over. And he very much gave that impression again, sounding uninterested as he reacted to qualifying.”It’s not that great. Yesterday was feeling a little bit better and we were looking relatively competitive,” he said. “Made some changes overnight. FP3 was pretty poor, that kind of put me on the back foot and then I was just trying to recover basically in qualifying, which is never the place to do so.

“I just struggled with grip, the car just wasn’t working for me. And it’s definitely difficult when you can’t even get through Q2.” And he made it clear he has no expectations for the race when asked what he thinks he can achieve, replying: “Your guess is as good as mine.

“One, with the car, and also it’s to do with the tyre graining, we had massive graining like everybody. We had some rear graining in FP3, so I think how you manage it and how you progress, where you push and where you don’t tomorrow is going to be key. But I mean, it’s impressive watching the Ferrari today. It’s a quick car!”