Mercedes driver George Russel has supplied his response to his disqualification from the Belgian Grand Prix which noticed him misplaced his third victory of his System One profession.
Having lacked tempo throughout Friday’s apply classes, Mercedes driver George Russell had seemingly pulled off an unlikely win throughout Sunday’s race at Spa-Francorchamps. The Briton began from P6 on the grid, and committing himself to a one-stop technique, he took his third F1 win.
Nevertheless, after the chequered flag, Russell’s automobile was discovered to be underweight, with the stewards subsequently excluding him from the outcomes – that means crew mate Lewis Hamilton takes the win.
Talking of his feeling after the choice, Russell mentioned: “It’s heartbreaking to be disqualified from immediately’s race. It had been an unbelievable Grand Prix for us to make the one-stop technique work.
“In what turned out to be my remaining stint, the tyres simply stored getting higher and higher. I used to be nursing them within the early phases and as we went additional, I grew to become increasingly satisfied we might get to the tip on them. It was a danger value taking and it regarded prefer it had paid off.
“Regardless of the disqualification, I’m in fact proud to have crossed the road first. It is usually good that the crew was nonetheless capable of take the victory with Lewis. He drove a fantastic race and was the quickest automobile on the market on the two-stop technique. While I’m extremely disenchanted, I do know we are going to bounce again stronger after the summer season break, beginning in Zandvoort.”
Dissatisfied to be handing over the P2 trophy however good preventing on the market @McLarenF1 and @OscarPiastri 👏 Congrats on the rostrum. pic.twitter.com/dHc2yhsAxY
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Staff (@MercedesAMGF1) July 28, 2024
Commenting on the decison, Mercedes crew boss Toto Wolff famous: “Now we have to take our disqualification on the chin. Now we have clearly made a mistake and wish to make sure we be taught from it. We are going to go away, consider what occurred and perceive what went incorrect.
“To lose a 1-2 is irritating and we will solely apologise to George who drove such a powerful race. Lewis is in fact promoted to P1; he was the quickest man on the two-stop and is a deserving winner.
“Regardless of the disqualification, there are a lot of positives we will take from this weekend. We had a automobile that was the benchmark in immediately’s race throughout two totally different methods. Only some months in the past, that might have been inconceivable.
“We head into the summer season break having received three of the previous 4 races. We are going to look to come back again after shutdown rejuvenated and with the intention of sustaining our constructive trajectory.”
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