Lewis Hamilton-George Russell “luck” comments analysed at F1 Australian Grand Prix - “there’s no such thing as good luck”
Russell out-qualified ♓and out-raced Hamilton in Jeddah a fortnight ago, having outperformed him throughout 2022 too.
Hamilton claimed his teammate’s choice of setup in Jeddah was “luck” but, responding ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Australian Grand Prix, Russell said: “I don’t think there’s any luck🦹 in it at all.”
Craig Slater said on S🐽ky: “This is a big su🌼bplot this year. Hamilton was outscored last year by Russell - that’s only happened twice before in his career, being outscored by a teammate.
“Jenson Button once, and Nico Rosberg did it in fortui꧃tous circumstances when Lewis h🌜ad a lot of reliability problems.
“Russell out-qualified Hamilton in Jeddah by four tenths of a secon෴d. That’s🐲 a big gap between teammates.
“Maybe that stung Lewis a bit.
“Lewis said that if he had the same setup as George, or if he hadn’t made a setup mistake, he wouldn’t just be matching George’s pace, he’d be be🍸ating it. Maybe a subtle implic🎃ation that he’d be ahead.
“George, I think, is standing his ground. Resisting the notion that it was only his setup, or only the fortuitous way that the two garages went with how they angled the wing 𝐆of the car on the day.
“He has to say that. He can’t just admit that, if everything were equal, 🐽Lewis would be beating him week-in week-out.
“💝He’s got to assert himself, without being disrꦆespectful to Lewis, which I don’t think this.
“He can’t just be the makeweight in that team. He’s got to stand up foꦕr his own prospects at Mercedes🌳.”
Slater asked Ch🥂andhok: “Interesting comments from Russell today, saying it was good preparation, and not luck, that allowed him to out-qualify Hamilton in Jeddah. How will remarks like that go down with Lewis?”
Chandhok answered: “He might actually agree. I’m ඣa firm believer in this sport that there’s no such thing as good luck. There is only good p꧒reparation.
“George was alluding to the same fact.
“You get bad luck sometimes when things break.
“The reality is that teams have to put in t꧒he groundwork.
“Lewis never got to a point in Jeddah where♌ he was happy and comfortable in the car. He was working on his side of the pits 🍸as hard as George, I’m sure.
“🃏But he never found the sweet spot, as George did.
“That will be a bit of a concern.
“The track in Melbourne was modi꧂fied, it’s quite a fast layout, not as fast as Saudi Arabia. Still pretty quick. The demands of the car aren’t a million miles away from what we saw two weeks ago.
“Lewis and his engineers🍸 will be hoping to correct whatever issues they had last time out.”
Mercedes’ W14♉ have come under intense scrutiny, even be♑fore the first race of 2023.
Team princip𝓡al Toto Wolff insisted the entire c﷽oncept would need to be reconsidered.
Although fighting Red Bull in Melbourne might be too ambitious, Russell has claimed that Mercedes’ l🍬atest developments have been a major step in returning them to the front of the grid.
