Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes can only “laugh off” its Formula 1 car struggles after a difficult qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday.

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Mercedes appeared to make a breakthrough with its W13 car in Hungary ahead of the summer as Hamilton and teammate George Russell both finished on the podium

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But the Silver Arrows slipped back again in qualifying at Spa as Hamilton and Russell could only finish seventh and eighth

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a distant 1.8 seconds off Max Verstappen’s fastest time in Q3.

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Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff called the result “unacceptable” and labelled it as the worst qualifying session he had experienced in 10 years.

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Asked how disappointing the result was given Mercedes’ momentum before the summer break,

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Hamilton replied: “I just don’t want to use the word disappointing,

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because we’ve got to remember that there are 2000 people back at the factory that are working so hard to get it right.

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“Of course I wish that we got it right and we brought upgrades that would push us forward, and I wish we were fighting at front, but it is the way that it is and it hurts.

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