Mercedes have launched an investigation into the reasons that led to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s disqualification at the F1 Belgian Grand Prix.

Russell was excluded from the race results at Spa-Francorchamps after his Mercedes F1 car was found to 👍be underweight.

His car was underweight by just 1.5kg, but as per F1🃏’s technical regulations, this results in a disqualification.

Russell had driven a sensat✅ional race, opting for a one-stop strategy to gain track position over his teammate.

Russell fended off Hamilton in the closing ꦡlaps to take the win and M൩ercedes’ first 1-2 since 2022.

It was short-lived as Russell wa⭕s DQ’d, handing the win to Hamilton.

Mercedes trackside engಞineering chief Andrew Shovlin feels that Russell’s one-stop strategy was a “contributing factor” to him being under the weight lim𒉰it.

“It's really tough for George to have been disqualified from the win after such an impressive drive,” he said. “He🧸 did a brilliant job to hang onto the tyres and defend to the finish.

“We don't yet understand why the car was underweight following the race ⭕but will investigate thoroughly to find the explanation. We expect that the loss of rubber from the one stop was a contributing factor, and we'll work to understand how it happened.

“We won't be making any excuses though. It is clearly not good enough and we need ♌to🌌 make sure it doesn't happen again.”

Shovlin heaped pr🅘aise on Hamilton for driving a “strong race” and that Mercedes should be proud of their “good recovery” from a difficult Friday.

“It wꩲas a relief to have Lewܫis in second to inherit the victory,” he added. “He also drove a strong race and was the fastest two-stopping car out there today.

“We can be please❀d with the car pace but overall, it's disappointing not to walk away with the 1-2. That is particularly true after such a good recovery from one of our most difficult Fridays, and following a race that was so well manage𝄹d by the team.

“We'𒊎ll learn from this and be back strong in Zandvoort after the summer break.”