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Wolff explains Mercedes' poor performance in Turkey

Mercedes managed to secure pole position for every Grand Prix this year until this weekend. In Turkey it was however not possible. In fact, Mercedes has had a terrible qualifying session. Toto Wolff explains why that happened. Lewis Hamilton has been at the top of the timesheets in qualifying almost every race weekend, especially when it comes to lap times in Q3. Add to that a heavy downpour of rain and it seemed likely he would take another pole. The Mercedes driver couldn't do more than P6, while Valtteri Bottas has to start from P9. Toto Wolff said it wasn't a good day for Mercedes. "It was cold and wet on a newly surfaced tarmac and in the end these unusual circumstances caught us...
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