Toto Wolff defends Hamilton’s worst season as he finishes behind team-mate

Mercedes' driver Lewis Hamilton during the Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit in the Emirati city of Abu Dhabi on November 20th, 2022. Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty ImagesMercedes boss Toto Wolff has defended Lewis Hamilton’s worst season in Formula One, saying it is “irrelevant” that team-mate George Russell beat him.

. The 37-year-old also lost his unique record of winning in every season of his career, with Russell recording Mercedes’ sole victory this year, at the penultimate round in Brazil. Hamilton also slipped to sixth in the overall standings – his poorest finish in 16 seasons – and scored 35 fewer points than his less-established team-mate Russell, who ended the year in fourth.

But Wolff said: “That is irrelevant. They were not racing for a world championship. They haven’t raced for victories apart from Brazil. I don’t think for any of the team it matters whether they finish second, third, fourth or fifth.”

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