At the Belgian Grand Prix, George Russell defeated Lewis Hamilton to take first place, however the FIA disqualified the younger Mercedes driver due to an underweight car.
George Russell’s disqualification from the Belgian Grand Prix is summed perfectly by Lewis Hamilton’s remarks.
At the Belgian Grand Prix, George Russell defeated Lewis Hamilton to take first place, however the FIA disqualified the younger Mercedes driver due to an underweight car.
George Russell, a teammate, passed the victory to Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix.
George Russell, a teammate, passed the victory to Lewis Hamilton at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Despite teammate George Russell’s disappointment at the Belgian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton stated that Mercedes will approach F1’s summer break with “momentum and positivity.”
Russell had held off Hamilton’s late charge to take the checkered banner, driving a Mercedes one-two.
However, after FIA checks revealed that his vehicle was 1.5 kg underweight, he was disqualified.
This is Hamilton’s 105th victory in Formula One, making it two victories in a month for a man who had gone 945 days without one before.
Yet, it was not how he would have preferred to take care of business at Spa.
The seven-time champion said: “It is, obviously, disheartening for the group to lose the one-two, however there are heaps of encouraging points to detract from today.
You don’t want to lose a race because of a disqualification, and I sympathize with George.
However, we have been back in the race for victories in the past few races.”
Russell’s setback shouldn’t divert, however, from the reality Mercedes overwhelmed a race they didn’t anticipate winning in dry circumstances.
Even though Oscar Piastri was able to catch them both at the finish, no one else appeared likely to win the Grand Prix.
Their race pace was significantly faster than anyone anticipated.
Consequently, Hamilton is anticipating what can be accomplished when Formula One returns at the end of August for a 10-race sprint to the season’s conclusion.
“We will need to work hard to battle for wins more consistently,” he added. “It is extremely competitive now. Despite this, we can approach the summer break with energy and optimism.
We were moving much faster than we had anticipated, and the car was feeling good.
There were a few vehicles that appeared to be comparative concerning execution however whenever we had excelled, we had the option to keep up with that position.
We focused on the two-stop procedure and covered those straightforwardly behind us.
Even though I got close to George during the final few laps, I was unable to pass in the filthy air.
George was able to complete the one-stop work. Although he was heartbroken for Russell, team principal Toto Wolff delivered a similar message:
“To lose a one-two is frustrating, and we can only apologise to George who drove such a strong race.”
Lewis is naturally elevated to P1 because he was the fastest competitor on the two-stop and is deserving of victory.
“In spite of the exclusion, there are numerous up-sides we can take from this end of the week. We had a vehicle that was the benchmark in the present race across two distinct procedures.
A couple of months prior, that would have been unfathomable.
We have won three of the last four races before the summer break.
We will hope to return after closure restored and determined to keep up with our positive direction.”
