Wolff defends Mercedes strategy

Toto Wolff defends Mercedes' driving at Silverstone despite Lewis Hamilton's first-lap crash.

Wolff has been quoted in an interview slating Ferrari's tactics as Kimi Raikkonen span Hamilton out.

However many people believe that if Hamilton's start had have been better, then Raikkonen wouldn't have had the opportunity to collide with the Mercedes driver.

This is just a week after the Austrain Grand Prix, where Mercedes clearly got their strategy wrong there.

Marcus Ericsson's crash meant the safety car was out on track and the Silver Arrows elected to leave both drivers out on track.

This meant that Valtteri Bottas could take the lead over Sebastian Vettel and ensuring Hamilton could overtake Raikkonen and Max Verstappen.

Bottas felt the effect of this late on, as his tyres deteriorated - Vettel, Raikkonen and Verstappen all overtook him.

"I think it was absolutely the right thing to do," said Wolff.