Lewis Hamilton’s surprising spin at the USA Grand Prix final Sunday introduced an early finish to his race weekend.
It additionally trimmed the variety of race weekends he has left with Mercedes, earlier than his transfer to Ferrari for the 2025 Method 1 season, down to 5.
With Mercedes sitting fourth within the Constructors’ Championship standings, and Hamilton presently sixth within the Drivers’ Championship, any goals of 1 final championship with the Silver Arrows ended weeks in the past. However that doesn’t imply that Toto Wolff desires Hamilton’s ultimate race weekends with the staff to fizzle out, because the Mercedes boss mentioned Sunday following the USA Grand Prix.
“[Ending the season on a high note], we’re eager on that, however how his mindset is, and the way the relationships are within the staff, is pretty much as good as we ever had,” mentioned Wolff to the media, together with SB Nation, on Sunday night in Mercedes’ hospitality area.
“Very first thing he mentioned? He apologized for the incident,” continued Wolff, recalling what Hamilton mentioned after his Lap 2 spin. “As I mentioned earlier than, I don’t suppose it was his fault. One thing caught him out.
“So it’s nice and we need to rejoice it, and end on a excessive, and I’m certain we’ll. Whether or not we will do it with nice efficiency within the automobile? That may be implausible,” mentioned Wolff.
“But when not, then we predict we gave it our greatest shot.”
