Lewis Hamilton has admitted he's not "fighting for the Championship" after another disastrous day for Mercedes in Imola.
The seven-time world champion was 14th in the Saturday Sprint Race, actually dropping back a position from his initial starting place. Team-mate George Russell meanwhile, was 11th, also failing to make any significant impact.
Both had exited in Q2 yesterday, to the obvious despair of team boss Toto Wolff. And unlike Hamilton's famous Sprint Race display at Interlagos last year, there was be no dramatic recovery, compounding what has already been a dreadful start to the season for the constructors' giants.
