Toto Wolff leapt to the Lewis Hamilton’s defense after the seven-time Formula 1 crashed early in the 2024 US Grand Prix, blaming the inconsistency of the Mercedes W15. It was another tough weekend for Mercedes as their W15 was fluctuating from session to session. Hamilton qualified seventh for the Sprint race and finished it in sixth place, but in qualifying for Sunday’s Grand Prix he was 19th and spun out on Lap 3, in the same manner and at the same place where his teammate George Russell crashed in Q3 of qualifying, who later on started from the pitlane and finished sixth.