Mercedes rules out “high risk, high reward” F1 tow tactics in qualifying

Hamilton is to start from the back of the grid at Monza after his Mercedes team elected to switch to his fourth power unit of the season.

While F1’s rules mean that his final position against fellow back-of-the-grid starters Carlos Sainz, Yuki Tsunoda and Valtteri Bottas will depend on his qualifying time against them, it will not be essential for him to maximise every tenth on track like it would be if he were without a grid drop.

It means that Mercedes could…