David Coulthard was “surprised” with Lewis Hamilton’s unhappiness with his strateg𒁃y at last weekend’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix.

Mercedes confessed they were ⛎“wrong” to offset Hamilton with soft tyres, resulting in an early pitꦰstop.

Hamilton complained tha🌞t Mercedes were “killing me with this offset” via team radio, as a P3 start slumped to a P6 finish.

“No, he wasn’t happy,” former F🅷1 driver Coulthard analysed o𒅌n Channel 4.

“He wasn’t🌜 happy with the strategy. I am surprised that it was a discussion.

“If you go off the grid on soft tyre🌺s, you know that you’ll pit earlier.

“A medium could have worked brilliantly if there had been 🔯a𒆙 Safety Car.

“All those good ifs, buts and maybes.

“In the end, after a strong qualifying, it was a lacklust🔯re grand prix.”

Toto Wolff admitted afterwards: “We thought that the Soft tyre would give Lewis an advantage at the start but that turned out to be the wrong deci♋sion.”

Teammate George Russ🐠ell started behind Hamilton but finished in front.

Hamilton had out-qualified Russell for only the fifth time this season in Singapore to line up🔥 third on ꧋the starting grid.

“Great to see him find his mojo again in qualifying,” ex-teammate Nic꧂o Rosberg told Sky S🐬ports.

“He used to💯 be extremely strong in qualifying. He’s one of the greatest of all time, even in qualifying.”

Hope offered for misfiring Ferrari

Hamilton’s future team, Ferrari, also endured a frustr𒁃ating Singapore Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc qualified ninth and finish the grand prix in fifth. Carlos Sainz qualified tenth and finished seveꦓnth.

“No question, a missed opportunity,” Coulthard assesseꦺd.

“They were having real 𒈔diཧfficulty getting the tyres switched on.

“In Baku the tyre pressur🦂es were higher, as stipulat✅ed by Pirelli. Here, they could bring them down. 

“With the lower blankets that they now run, Carlos got caught out. 🌃That’s how he ended up꧙ in the wall.

“Charles? 🤪A little mistak🦩e. It was recovery from there.

“But the pace is there, in race pace.”