will bounce back from the disappointment of
losing the Monaco Grand Prix.
Hamilton was cruising to victory in Monaco on
Sunday only for a strategy error by Mercedes to
drop him to third.
"He has such mental strength and is on a roll,"
Wolff said.
"It must be very sore to lose that one because it
was his to win but I have no doubt he will recover
as quickly as he always does."
Hamilton, who has won three of the six races this
year and taken pole for four of them, was leading
by more than 20 seconds when a late-race safety
car led to a panicked decision by Mercedes to pit
him for fresh tyres.
In the confusion the team miscalculated the gap
behind Hamilton, and his team-mate Nico Rosberg
and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel passed him as he
rejoined the track.
Hamilton said: "There is no single person to
blame. We are a team and we win and we lose
together. I am not the most upbeat but I will
somehow turn it around.
"I tried everything to win this weekend but next
year, I will come back and try to be a bit
stronger."
'From dominance to desolation'
"The world champion was oozing intent from
every fibre of his being, from the pre-event
media day on Wednesday right through until lap
64 of the race. And then it all went wrong, in
the most agonising of fashions."
Read Andrew Benson's assessment of the
Monaco Grand Prix
The result halved his championship lead over
Rosberg to 10 points with five of the 19 races
completed.
Wolff said the mistake was a result of an error in
the data which the team rely on to make such
decisions.
He said he had told Hamilton: "Sorry, we've let
you down."
Mercedes' non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, a
three-time F1 champion, said: "A top team should
not make mistakes like this. I am really upset
because it was not necessary.
"It was the wrong decision to bring him in. It was
very obvious. There was no risk to keep him out."
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