‘Hamilton’s strategy was between a rock and a hard place’

Toto Wolff feels Lewis Hamilton was between a “rock and a hard place” when it came to deciding whether or not to pit behind the Safety Car at the Miami Grand Prix.

The team boss, though, didn’t address the driver’s comments that Mercedes should be making those decisions, not leaving it to him.

Running in sixth place at the Miami International Autodrome, Hamilton and Mercedes faced a decision on whether or not to pit for fresh tyres when the Safety Car came out for Lando Norris’ crash.

The question was put to the driver with Hamilton telling the team that they should be the ones deciding strategy, not him.

He later made it clear to the media that he was not impressed.

Lewis Hamilton said he could not understand why Mercedes asked him to make a strategy call during the Miami Grand Prix.https://t.co/6vNR1d6l5B #F1 #MiamiGP pic.twitter.com/E0RE5f9Hla

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“In that scenario I have no clue where everyone is, so when the team say it’s your choice I don’t have the information to make the decision,” he said.

“That’s what your job is, make the decision for me – you’ve got all the details, I don’t.

“That’s what you rely on the guys for but today they gave it to me and I don’t understand it, but anyways.”

The call was made not to pit the seven-time World Champion, Hamilton losing a position to Russell, who had stopped for new mediums, as the