Mercedes can only “laugh off” F1 car struggles at this point

Mercedes appeared to make a breakthrough with its W13 car in Hungary ahead of the summer as Hamilton and team-mate George Russell both finished on the podium, with Russell having also started on pole.

But the Silver Arrows slipped back again in qualifying at Spa as Hamilton and Russell could only finish seventh and eighth, a distant 1.8 seconds off Max Verstappen’s fastest time in Q3.

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff called the result “unacceptable” and labelled…