Toto Wolff still believes Lewis Hamilton can get out of the "unlucky situation" he is in and race closer to the front of the pack as the season progresses.
A dismal season so far has seen the seven-time world champion finish on the podium just once, as he benefitted from Red Bull 's double retirement at the Bahrain curtain-raiser. In most other cases he has struggled to compete, with his 13th-placed finish at Imola a particularly galling low point.
Despite signs of improvement as both he and team-mate George Russell finished inside the top five in Barcelona, it was back to this season's norm in Monaco as he was forced to settle for eighth. The result leaves Hamilton 75 points adrift of championship leader Max Verstappen, with any hope of another world title this year already evaporating.
