Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has urged his Mercedes team to make changes to the W13 after his physically painful Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend.

The bouncing isn’t as bad on the straights, but it is through the corners where we are trying to keep the car out of the wall. “I couldn’t finish my long run in practice on Friday because my back was a real mess,” said the 37-year-old. Wolff: Lewis, we all know this is a bit of a sh*tbox to drive at the moment.

Lewis Hamilton was holding his back in agony as he got out of his car after driving it to fourth place in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and could be a doubt ...

And well done on the strategy. "Well done guys," was Hamilton's immediate reply, commenting on the result. And sorry for the back problems."

But the seven-time world champion, who finished P7 in qualifying and will start Sunday's race there having not been penalised, told Sky Sports F1 after the ...

It might be a struggle tomorrow in the race but we're going to give it everything and I hope maybe we'll have better race pace, who knows." "And then all the performance is when you get the car low. What that means, how the stewards are going to assess it, I don't know." "It was a really difficult qualifying session because we're constantly pushing, we have a very, very small window with the car. Team principal Toto Wolff said: "I cannot preempt what the stewards are going to say. But the seven-time world champion, who finished P7 in qualifying and will start Sunday's race there having not been penalised, told Sky Sports F1 after the session: "I don't really have a concern.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made the alarming admission about his superstar driver moments after Sunday's race.

Hamilton continued: “The battle with the car was intense. But this is definitely the worst for me. I was just praying for it to end.” It is a very strange experience.” He later admitted he had concerns about reaching the chequered flag. “He is really bad.

Lewis Hamilton has revealed the pain caused by the bouncing of his Mercedes left him "praying for the end" of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.

"You're just smashing the ground every single corner and lap for an hour and a half, it's pretty brutal. "It got worse and worse, and I sympathise with everyone that's had it now. The majority of us are in the same boat, either you’ve got porpoising and the car is bouncing up and down and hitting the floor, or you don’t and you have to run the car millimetres from the ground and you’re hitting the floor lap after lap. "The team did a great job with the strategy. At the end, you're just praying for it to end." I don’t know what the solution is to be honest.

Hamilton's Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made the alarming admission about his superstar driver moments after Sunday's round on the streets of Baku which was won by ...

Hamilton continued: “The battle with the car was intense. But this is definitely the worst for me. I was just praying for it to end.” It is a very strange experience.” He later admitted he had concerns about reaching the chequered flag. “He is really bad.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton "worried" about upcoming Canadian Grand Prix after saying Sunday's race in Azerbaijan was "the most painful I've experienced".

It would seem unfair to penalise those who have done a decent job versus those who have missed the target slightly." Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, whose drivers finished one-two in the race, said: "The easiest thing is to raise the car. I have to think of all the people who rely on me to get the points. The battle with the car was intense. "I nearly lost it in the high-speed (corners) several times. They felt they had fixed one of the causes with car upgrades two races ago in Spain, but it has returned in a different form since.