Wolff: Merc missed pole chance by failing to adapt

Key Facts

• Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth ahead of teammate George Russell in sixth at Interlagos, meaning the pair will start Sunday's race behind the two Aston Martins in third and fourth, Charles Leclerc's Ferrari in second and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen on pole position.
• An incoming storm midway through Q3 affected all of the top ten drivers' final lap in qualifying, with strong winds picking up while they were on track and heavy rain preventing a second attempt.
• "I think you can see how marginal the differences were in terms of outlaps and temperatures," he said.
• "I think we weren't adaptive enough, so the Aston Martins just stormed away, Max straight out of the garage with warm tyres also stormed away, and they were the quickest cars.

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