‘Unacceptable’ Mercedes qualifying my worst in F1 for 10 years

Just one race one on from George Russell’s shock pole position in Hungary, Mercedes has found itself unable to find answers as to why it is so far off the pace at Spa-Francorchamps.

On a weekend when grid penalties for a number of frontrunners have given Mercedes another good shot of going for the win, Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Russell ended up just seventh and eighth fastest.

But of more concern was the fact that Hamilton was a whopping 1.838 seconds slower…