Listen to this article Having qualified only 13th after struggling to get temperature into his Pirellis, it was logical to expect to see the seven-time F1 world champion make some progress, and at least get himself into the top 10 for the start of the main race on Sunday. In fact, he lost a couple of places at the start, and at the end of 21 laps had only managed to recover to 14th. His teammate George Russell fared little better, starting and finishing 11th. The dire sprint event was a real wake-up call for the team. After qualifying, Mercedes engineering chief Andrew Shovlin had acknowledged the lack of pace over one lap on the cold and damp track, but he remained confident that the W13 is the third-fastest race car at the moment. Hamilton and Russell certainly didn’t have the chance to show that in the sprint, and if there was any inherent advantage over some of those ahead, it wasn’t sufficient to allow the drivers t …