Former System 1 driver and Sky Sports activities analyst Martin Brundle insists George Russell should get solutions from Mercedes after a digital security automotive technique probably value him victory on the Italian Grand Prix.
Russell seemed set to cut back the hole to his championship rival and team-mate Kimi Antonelli at Monza. Whereas Russell stayed out on onerous tyres throughout a digital security automotive interval, Antonelli was introduced in for recent mediums. The 20-year-old used the tyre benefit to make his means again up the grid and declare the win at his residence race.
“It’s been a really troublesome day for George Russell,” Brundle defined. “He must certainly sit down and discuss to the staff, and ask, ‘How did that occur? I used to be main the race. Why was I not given the preferential low-cost pit cease there?'”
Antonelli took an influence unit penalty on the Italian Grand Prix, placing him behind the beginning grid and giving Russell an enormous alternative to shut the hole within the standings.
“For the world championship, this was George’s alternative to do one thing concerning the deficit, and the deficit has grown,” Brundle added.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, George Russell, Mercedes
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Former W Collection driver and Sky Sports activities pundit Naomi Schiff echoed Brundle’s feedback. “I feel perhaps the rationale we’ve seen him be so calm about it proper now’s as a result of he’s in all probability questioning himself just a little bit as nicely, and why he wasn’t in a position to get extra of a bonus.
“However I feel with hindsight, he shall be asking questions, like, ‘Why did I not get to pit throughout the VSC?’
“Sure, he was on a distinct technique they usually wished him to go lengthy, however on the finish of the day, a brisker set of tyres might have saved him the victory immediately.”
Antonelli, who claimed his seventh F1 win at Monza, now leads the standings with a 66-point benefit over Russell in second.
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