Wolff responds after 'disastrous' qualifying: 'Very disappointing day'

The last two race weekends have been dominated by Mercedes, with both Russell and Hamilton winning a race. In Hungary, a track where the team has started nine-times on pole, their successful run was expected to continue - but this wasn't the case. Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Wolff was not overly cheerful when questioned about the team's mixed performance: "There was a total underperformance from literally everybody involved here. Losing a car in Q1 is just not on. A driver-team combination shouldn't happen. At the end, we just didn't have the pace. So, a very, very disappointing day."

What went wrong for Mercedes?

The Hungarian circuit certainly favours Hamilton and Mercedes, given the seven-time world champion has won at the circuit eight times, the most of any F1 driver in history. Nonetheless, they were unable to secure pole position at the Hungaroring for the fifth consecutive year. Hamilton frequently struggled to find grip, with the wet, but warm conditions proving to be a challenge. He will start fifth on Sunday. Wolff responded: "The car could have been two tenths off, but we were going up and down with tyre temperatures. It was tricky to kind of find a middle ground to give him a car that had grip."

Things also did not go right Russell, who started on pole at the last race weekend, in Silverstone. The lack of fuel in the Brit's car meant he was not able to set any further lap times and he was eliminated in Q1. He will start Sunday's race from P17 behind Sergio Perez. Russell was openly angry after the disastorous session. Although he initially took responsibility, he too questioned the fuelling decision. "I think he should have had the first lap in, when Lewis went P1. Instead, it was probably taking it too easy. The other, we put a fuel plan in for fast, slow, fast and he decided to do three fast laps. But overall, I think it's 70% the team's mistake on not fueling one lap more," Wolff concluded.