Listen to this article The seven-time world champion endured a hugely frustrating Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as he was left a “sitting duck” when he got trapped in a DRS train and ended up a lowly 13th. After the race, team boss Toto Wolff apologised to Hamilton over team radio for being given an “undriveable” car. Hamilton’s title chances now look incredibly slim and, after being lapped by race winner Max Verstappen at one point, Mercedes even faces an uphill challenge to get itself back in the hunt for wins. Asked about his level of frustration when he has been so used to battling for victories in the turbo hybrid era, Hamilton said: “It’s been difficult and it’s definitely not easy, but we all feel it as a team. “And at least George [Russell] got some points today for the team. So apologies to everyone that I wasn’t able to do so.” Mercedes maintains faith that it can get on top of the porpoising problems that are holding it back, and says everyone is pushing hard to get to the bottom of what is going wrong. “I think the team is… as I said, …

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