George Russell was left furious after a ‘disastrous’ qualifying in Hungary where Mercedes failed to put enough fuel in his car.
The British driver will start Sunday’s race from 17th on the grid after he was shockingly knocked out of the first qualifying session.
Changing weather at the Hungaroring were causing havoc but Russell looked set to at least make it through Q1 before the session was halted after Sergio Perez crashed and brought out the red flag.
Track conditions improved and drivers who stayed out were able to go quicker, eventually knocking out Russell who was forced to pit before the end after being under fueled by his team.
The 26-year-old was audibly seething with his team’s mistake, though acknowledged he himself had not been quick enough in the first place.
‘Why are we not putting enough fuel in the car to complete the session, guys? Traction is getting better and better,’ he said over the team radio.
‘Sorry about this session, guys. It’s on me.’
He later told Sky Sports: ‘There’s two factors. The first was I didn’t do a good enough job at the beginning. The second was we didn’t have enough fuel to complete the session.
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‘It was a disaster from both aspects. We should have got through comfortably.
‘Not having enough fuel is a fundamental error from the team.’
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