George Russell addressed the delay within the Mercedes group orders name in the course of the Mexico Grand Prix after a “irritating” race on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
The British driver known as for the Brackley outfit to let him cross his team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli on lap 35, arguing that he had extra tempo than the Italian. Whereas Mercedes did not implement group orders, they confirmed Russell was “free to race”. The next lap, Russell was advised to handle the entrance brakes for a lap or two, to which he responded: “We bought a Ferrari and a Haas forward, we will struggle for the rostrum right here!”
Tensions continued to rise on lap 38 with Mercedes nonetheless not imposing group orders. “Would you like me to let this McLaren cross?” the 27-year-old mentioned sarcastically, earlier than reiterating, “I am glad to offer the place again to Kimi if I can not overtake Bearman. We’re simply compromising each our races right here, guys.”
In the meantime, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was gaining on the Mercedes driver. Russell’s race engineer, Marcus Dudley, knowledgeable him that “rear floor temperatures are sky-high, George.”
“Marcus, I’ve bought an ****ing automobile in my ****. A automobile a lot faster than ours. I am attempting to carry place. I’ve bought rather more tempo than Kimi right here and we will struggle for a podium. I am glad to offer the place again if we do not obtain it,” Russell mentioned firmly.
Mercedes allowed Russell and Antonelli to swap positions on lap 41, however Russell felt that was too late.
George Russell, Mercedes
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“Yeah, I imply, I had lots of tempo in these laps and would have been in a position to assault Ollie, who had no DRS. Clearly, I used to be within the DRS prepare behind Kimi. I believe we left it 10 laps,” he advised Sky Sports activities F1 following the race.
“By that time, my tyres overheated, my brakes have been overheating. The engine was overheating. So by that time, there was type of no level in doing it. It was both do it right away or do not do it in any respect. So ultimately, we deserve to complete the place we did. A bit irritating.”
Russell was finally not in a position to make the overtake work, so gave the place again to his team-mate, ending in seventh.
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