Carlos Sainz suggests Mercedes got team order call wrong: “If Lewis Hamilton stayed behind…”
Sainz was embroiled in a tight battle with the two Mercedes drive💧rs in the latter stages of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Russell was attempting an ambitious one-stop strategy, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and Sainz were on a two-sto�🔴�p, thus were behind on track.
With Hamilton unable to pass Russell, Mercede♋s intervened to let ꦬthe seven-time world champion through as Sainz was beginning to pressure both of them.
Sainz quickly dispatched Russell as Mercedes’ call backfired, even when they tried to co🍃py the Spaniard’s DRS tactic from Singapore.
“I think maybe t൩hey had a beꩲtter chance, honestly speaking, if Lewis would have stayed behind,” Sainz said.
“But꧃ at the same time I would have tried a move on Lewis because George was very slow in🍬 the Esses, and [Turn] eight and nine.
“So I would have tried into [Turn] 11 or into 13 because they were both very 🐬slow there. So we will never know.”
Sainz admitted he was “laughing” when he saw Hamilton trying to give Russell DRS, like he did with Norris in✤ Singapཧore to great effect.
“Yeah, I found it [funny], actually,” heౠ added. “I was laughing in the car because I could see Lewis 🎶backing off in 130R to give the DRS to George.
“And I was like, I need to make sure I attack George into the chicane. If I don’t throw him offlin🦩e, it’s going to be impossible to pass them.
“And I went very deepꩵ into the chicane, managed to get a bit of a switchback, and then I used the DRS, slipstream on everything to pass him.
“It was good fun. A💝nd yeah, it nearly cost me my own position with my own tricks.”
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