Marko Hanželic
In his first race for Mercedes, as a replacement for covid-19 sufferer Lewis Hamilton, Yippee George Russell dominated on the track and had the whole situation under control until he won "Took" his (alternate) team.
Russell is in front of a teammate Bottas in the first part of the race he gained a healthy three seconds advantage, but after the stop in the pits he increased the advantage even more and would most likely win without any major problems if he in the 59th round when stopping in the pits during the safety car phase, it wouldn’t break everything together.
V Mercedes boxes they prepared for double stop, but they were quite slow when changing tires on Russell's race car, which was fitted with tires intended for it Bottas, The Finn therefore had to put back the tires with which he actually brought them to the pits.
Toto wolff je a comedy of confusion in Mercedes boxes explained by a radio failure, which makes mechanics in Russell’s part of the garage were not properly informed about the origin your protégé: “When we prepare for a stop, we tell the mechanics via radio which tires to prepare. They didn't get that message on George's side of the garage, so they brought the wrong tires. " said the team boss Mercedes.
Russell so he had to go to the pits again to have the tires fitted to him, which he should have gotten at the first stop, but the three points he eventually drove are still in question as he drove the lap to Bottas set of tires. "We put Valtteri back with his tires to bring him to the pits and called George back into the pits," he added Wolff.
British was still in a position to wins the race, as he progressed from fifth place to second, but is due punctured tires had to go to the pits again. In the end, as already mentioned, he reached the finish line as the ninth, but his hundred points are still in question.
"The punctured tire is most likely the result of driving off the ideal line because he overtook a lot," Wolff assumes and adds: "It's hard to say anything smart about winning. I think our strategist said he could catch Sergio by the end and hope for the help of the DRS, but I’m not sure if he would really win. Sergio drove an exceptional race and he deserves to win, also because we made mistakes and because we also ran out of luck. ”
