Hamilton finished a strong second behind Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen but post-race checks found that the plank undern💫eath the seven-time world champion’s Merced▨es had worn too thin. 

As a result, he was excluded from the race results, along with Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc, who was sixth on the road. 

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff conceded his sid🐭e “got it wrong” and said the team꧅ accepted the punishment. 

“We can take a lot of positives from the car performance today,” Wolff said. “Weꩵ hate coming so close to winning and falling short. 

“But this is a circuit whꦿere only a few races ago we wouldn't have performed well because of the fas♒t, sweeping corners. 

“The upgrade seems to have ma💯de the car happier in those areas and it is working well. Directionally, it's a very good sign.   

“Turning to the race result and the disqualification, set-up choices on a sprint weekend are always a challenge with just one hour of free practice - and even more so at a bumpy circuit like COTA and runܫning a new package. 

“In the end, all of that doesn't matter; others got it right where we got it wrong and there's no wiggle room in the rules. We need to take🦩 it on the chin, do the learning, and come back stronger next weekend.” 

ꦰMeanwhile, Hamilton insisted the disappointment of his DSQ does not take away from an🅘 otherwise positive weekend. 

“I came here in the mood to fight hard, felt great and I'm really happy w🍸ith my performance,” he said. “Overall, we still didn't perform optimꦯally today. 

“We had good pace and I was feeling great in the car. It was tough racing those around me as they were so q💮uick, but we can be happy with many things. I feel positive as we're moving forward, even if reflecting on it we could have possibly won today. 

“It is o🅺f course disappointing to be disqualified post-race but that doesn't take away from the progress we've made this weekend.”