Annoyed Lewis Hamilton’s frustrated reaction to George Russell incident in F1 Belgian Grand Prix sprint shootout
The Mercedes pair both had their final🅰 laps compromised by each other in the sprint shootout at Spa🐓 on Saturday.
Russell locked up, Hamilton needed to avoid his teammate before eventually oღvertaking.
“Not happy about it, obviously,” was Hamilton’s reaction to being limited🌄 to P🦩7.
“It was a really fun session, it wa♉s looking great at the end.
“I 🌊knew I could go quicker. I reckon I could’ve been first or second in t💙hat session on the last lap.
“It’s just… the communic൲ation was pretty poor. It was difficult to undeꦉrstand.
“We got to the last corner, there were seven car𝓀s, or whatever, trundling around.
“We were led to believe that we didn’t have any mo🌊re time left which is why we were pushin🙈g.
“But it turns out that we had plenty of time.
“Then༺, obviously, with George, like… it’s the way it is.”
Hamilton w✱as 🌟pushed for a reaction to the Russell incident but just said: “I was… well, it doesn’t matter.”
Sky’s Martin Brundle assessed it: “They were obviously com🦩pressed as they got into the last lap♛ with space between them.
“It’s a series of incidents which all added up, into Mercedes steppin�🍃�g on their own tails, unfortunately.
“They were nose t🐼o tail, Lewis has more drive🎀, better exit, slipstream, better stream through Radillon, then has to get out of the throttle. Both drivers had their lap compromised.”
Hamilton added abo💧ut the sprint race: “I feel grea💜t in the car in all conditions. We are slower than the Red Bulls in the middle sector.
“None of us have driven on heavier fuel. I’m excited that it’s dry🀅 today.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering every🦹thing from American sports, to footba💖ll, to F1.
