Running over 30 laps with the same set of tyres would lose excessive rubber. Mercedes knew there could be a weight problem all along and so they left over 2.8 litres of fuel in Russell's car before weight checking. They didn't get away with it because FIA made them drained away all fuel before checking again.
@@boredweegie553 I believe "fair" is not the adjective you're looking for, then. It was fair that Russel got disqualified. The car was illegal, and therefore Russel had an unfair edge. Even if it wasn't his fault.
This is justice you mean Hamilton was faster and better all week and Mercedes robbed him with putting him on the worst strategy and and top of that they cheated with russel this shows how much of a beast Lewis is even past his prime Lewis is the best on the grid
Its oblivious that Mercedes is doing everything they can to stop Hamilton from winning, but this time it came back and bit them in the ass. Why else would they do this?
because they weight the cars with tires and the tires were the problem... not the car... nobody did something to gain un unfair advantage,,,just stupid rules... to much degradation on tires...
@@mariusmihai1292Where does it say it was tires that were underweight? Russell was not the only on who did a 1 stop and the weight was fine for Yuki, Magnussen.
They've been trying to shaft Hamilton since he said he was off else where so I'm glad he ended up with the win and that's quite a lot of weight to be under by
@@iLeventeLewis did ask for a one stopper mid race. He did say the tires were looking good. But the team decided to cover Piastri behind which is the right call. The thing they did wrong was as Lewis said in the post race interview they didn't mention George was on a one stopper to Lewis until like last 5 or 6 laps which i think most people are not taking into account. If he knew earlier i bet he would try to push much earlier to overtake Russell rather than save tires to cover Piastri at the end. What a mess by Merc. This is not on George tho. He did a fantastic race.
@@iLeventeLewis wanted a one stop too. He asked for it, but they denied it to him. If he had been too light, what you think, what sort of blame would've been waiting him
Technically its about 500 grams cuz the FIA took out 2.8liters of oil instead of just 1 litre. Futhermore he would hv lost quite a bit of rubber by doing 34 laps aroung spa in one set of hard and since there is no in lap he is not able to go off line and pick up some rubber bits on the road to increase the weight of the car
@@R.videocassette to be honest when Hamilton was talking about being 2/10 down I knew straightaway that Russel was driving a lighter car then him, Alonso done one stop but he passed so there is more to this
When George took the chequered flag, there was a close up on Toto who looked totally unexcited at their 1-2. It was like, he already knew what was coming.
I thought the exact same thing! Glad I’m not the only one 😂 everyone else was absolutely buzzing and he was sat there very subdued, almost like he knew something wasn’t right
I've been saying this since Lewis told Toto he was going to Ferrari. Mercedes will not allow LH to beat GR in the driver's standings come seasons end (AGAIN) as this will demoralize the young pretender going forward. But you can't keep the GOAT down as easy as they thought.
Mercedes forgot Lewis is in the same league of drivers as Max Verstappen, Michael Schumacher and Aryton Senna, once given the right tools he becomes a racing god, like the other names I've just mentioned. They'll need to strip all upgrade on Lewis's car back to what it was at the start of the season if they are to stop him from beating George Weaselton.
The GOAT keeps going and it must be driving GR and Toto crazy! But in the end it’s 105 trophies in the wall…. And what is great is LHs capacity to deal with all of it in a gentlemanly way! I am curious to see how it will develop with CL next year…. On a side note also great seeing that when the car is a no no supreme highness MV also does not deliver!
It’s not that important unless it’s the WDC then Lewis would carry the no.1 to Ferrari. I doubt Toto is bothered who’s ahead unless we’re talking about the title here.
@@geraldtopfer4929 Mercedes were not expected to be anywhere near the front at Spa as they found out after Friday's upgrades not working. Everyone had to compromise on their set up with them knowing rain was due for qualy, but good weather for the race. Red Bull chose maximum down force to get pole so Max would start 11th and no worse, but that high rear wing was no good for Sunday. George has out qualified Lewis just about all season so far, with Lewis suspecting something was not fair in the camp. Toto wasn't expecting Merc' to be anywhere near the front, and the feeling is that if the Merc' pair were to finish off the podium (say 5th and 6th) as many had suggested, then their cars would not have to be weighed post race. Georges car has probably been made lighter most of this season so as to out qualy LH, and as we all witnessed directly after the race, Toto's face was not a happy one, maybe because he 'knew' their cars were going to be weighed and George would be disqualified. I'm not the ONLY person to think this on various media sights.
Merc went by Lewis second pit stop and checked the tyre wear to then have the idea to keep Russell out, but I don’t think Russell would manage to win it from that far back. Possibly 3rd place at best. But coupled with a lighter car also. But then Toyo’s face after Russell crossed the lines was like he knew something was coming. Very unusual.
It was like everyone in the garage knew, except for George himself. A bit strange why they didn't insist on him coming in for a 2nd stop. They should've gone "George, you can't win. If you win, you lose everything."
I don’t want to hear any excuses!!! They did Ham wrong on many occasion during this race. And the car being underweight clearly would've help George stint for that long while also maintaining his pace under attack. Less weight, less deg! Hence the suspicion by the FIA after checking the initial weight. They suspected something was wrong and there find the car legality was compromised. Nothing to do with tire or fuel so again, it was cheating and a bad look on Toto.
Technically its about 500 grams cuz the FIA took out 2.8liters of oil instead of just 1 litre. Futhermore he would hv lost quite a bit of rubber by doing 34 laps aroung spa in one set of hard and since there is no in lap he is not able to go off line and pick up some rubber bits on the road to increase the weight of the car
Understandably so. But there’s more to this than just fuel and tire wear. It was stated that, further investigated was taken due to suspicion after finding the car weight precisely being set at what’s legally required after extraction of fuel. Hence the thorough investigation that lead to finding the car of it self being underweight aside from tire wear and fuel consumption. This is publish by the FIA and not me. In other cases of hypothetically speaking as we are, Wolf and the team could appeal and rightfully so win the outcome had it been a matter of tire wear, right? Instead, they put out a statement claiming they’ll learn from it which means they were fully aware of this for all we logically know.
What surprises me is that how did Lewis Hamilton stayed with Mercedes after all these years of letting him down. I just hope Ferrari 2026 would be good for him.
It was some bullshit that they radio’d HAM at the last few laps, to give RUS some extra space as if HAM is some noob who should be careful not to mess up RUS’s race. What a load of crap. Disrespectul af.
Did they really tell Lewis to give him more space???? Find that hard to believe. I was under the impression that Lewis did everything he could to overtake him, but strangely enough did not manage to do so. Maybe they made the drs zone too short. A lot of drivers were having overtaking problems
Hamilton is a team player and he has always put the constructors championship ahead of the driver's. We can be fairly certain That he is looking forward to finishing the rest of this season strong & moving on to the challenge of winning at Ferrari with Leclerc.
Lewis should never assist George in the future! He was happy for Piastra to catch Lewis if it meant winning the race. Lewis will be more than satisfied with the win. He deserves this one; 105 and counting!
So true! I can't be the only one noticing how Russell always chooses a strategy that goes against Lewis to get the one-up on Lewis whenever Lewis pits first, instead of running his own race strategy against the rest of the field! Plotting on Lewis is his specialty. Once George realized Lewis pit early to cover Leclerc he went on the radio immediately to go for the 1 stopper instead of considering how to work together or be a team player. Now imagine had Lewis gotten by George how George would act if Lewis didn't hang tight to lend him a draft to keep Piastri off his back...George is a 1 way street as far as teamwork goes.
All Lewis teammates in Merc except Nico did a 2nd fiddle to Lewis. George is not having that, his teammate is the first rival, then comes the rest. He needs to beat the teammate in the same car, that's what all F1 drivers do or should do.
the fact that russell said before 'he would be fumed if the team did different strategies' tells you a lot he's a hypocrite if he was the one leading and lewis got a one stop strategy he would be fuming but now that the team obviously favors him he's happy and doesn't care
hmmm Russell gave Lewis drs and a slipstream so it would have been near impossible for piastri unless he made a mistake or if piastri made an overambitious divebomb
and dont u think the same thing would happen if lewis had overtaken russell. Lewis would have either done the same thing or not even provide drs at all
'Technical Detail' - they cheated. If you think Mercedes don't know about a 1.5kg difference you don't know much about the sport. They tried to leave fuel in on purpose.
I know, so obvious. They act like we were born yesterday. There's a reason Toto looked like he was on death row at the end of the race despite his cars having a 1-2 finish. He can make up all the excuses he likes but he knows Hamilton will see they've been doing this shit for months and got caught because they weren't expecting Russel to win, he was supposed to come P5. But Russel's 1.5kg lighter car was overperforming allowing him to do the impossible and go for a one stop in Belgium GP. That meant his car was gonna get checked and he'd be DQ, but more importantly, Hamilton will know what shenanigans Merc have been playing all along.
All George wants to do is beat Lewis. Not the grid, not to be a winner. Just be ahead of Lewis. He isn’t as good as he think he is, not even as good as Lando or Oscar. He wouldn’t have beaten Lewis if he was the correct weight. After pitting he would have been 5
max is NOT leaving red bull and andrea antonelli told toto he is not ready(check your facts). . .yes lewis is leaving but they won't abandon him. . .lewis and toto still good friends
@@user-vs2kh4hq8e You want to bet? Max will be leaving. The question is will it be in 2025 or 2026. And Antonelli is ready, believe me. He is just covering himself. And about Lewis, I sincerely hope for him he will not regret his move to Ferrari.
No excuse rule is rule, how is it unfair!!! George was lucky to have Lewis behind him, if that was other drivers behind George, definitely he will under pressure and make huge mistake. Lewis always the team player!!!
Mercedes needs to get their act together and support the driver who is going to get the to the front and get as much points as possible. This sport is all about money and sponsors will not stay with a team that is not getting points and winning races.
The minimum weight issue should have been identified BEFORE the race, not AFTER! I blame FIA for this debacle. If I'm Toto, I'm appealing this decision ASAP. Unless they removed the fuel in between the initial weigh-in and start of the race in which case, yeah, they deserve to be DQ'd.
@@cineM4RL Such as? You can't just say 'people' and not name the people. I also am not an 'apologist'. George's car didn't meet regulations. He was disqualified and deserved to be disqualified. I actually dislike George a lot. I'm just setting the record straight. Plus, depending on which story you go with, either it's because the tires were too worn out, which means it wasn't 1.5kg lighter the whole race (I don't buy this really, they knew EXACTLY how much fuel to keep in the car to make it EXACTLY the minimum weight before having to drain the rest and ending 1.5kg under) or because of ballast/weight distribution from the wet weather quali and someone flat out screwed up, in which case he was 1.5kg underweight the entire race. That also could mean they broke parc ferme, but I'm not quite sure on the ballast adjustment. sporting regs don't mention it specifically, but because the weather changed so drastically, they may have been able to redistribute the weight. If not, they could be in line for a bigger punishment if parc ferme rules were found to be broken.
Love it, this is true KARMA, Mercedes scre-wed over Lewis over his win in Belgium, and now both princess Russle and Mercedes gets punished, YESSSSS !!!!
Sorry no one can convince me otherwise. Mark my words it will be called Toto gate. Toto got paid off by the FIA after 2021 to ENSURE Hamilton never touches the F1 throne of 8 championships!
Oh heavens, nothing like fabricating a story out of almost nothing. Begin with this: Russell, not the team, made the one-stop decision. Then this: Mercedes is on a roll which suggests the team is functioning well. And then this: Does anyone really think Hamilton is happy to have "inherited" the win, regardless of the strategy? Both Mercedes drivers drove brilliant races using different strategies. It was a great race. Just wish Ferarri could pick it up a level so we would have four teams dicing it out every F1 weekend.
@@mindevo why it was a rubbish strategy? man 20 years ago F1 fans had more brains... you're literally angry because someone chose a different strategy that you expect it...
It's nonsense to say Russell and not the team made the call to one stop. The team always have the final say on strategy. By the same token did Lewis make the call to pit? Wasn't it the team that ordered him to pit after he had said his tyres were OK? Furthermore the team only told Lewis on lap 39 that he had to race Russell for the win, clearly all along Lewis believed he wasn't racing Russell for the win otherwise he would have pushed like crazy in the last stint . So clearly justice has finally been served.
'This is not fair' Are words that should never be said in Hamilton's direction. Hamilton was robbed of a Championship as everyone knows. There is no fair.
how exact;y he was robbed? You mean 2021 where he didnt got point reduction for Silverstone and in the last race he thought he will end first? Noone robbed him anything, he was favoured. Under the safety car, there was 0 chanse RB wouldnt crash him out.
@@OOSpartan There is only one race where the general consensus was Hamilton was robbed. 2021 championship fight with Max Verstappen, last race, dying minutes.
@@BossMan-yj6fi It makes me mad even today!! Max had NOTHING for Hamilton all day! Max couldn't even get close to Hamilton let alone pass him, it was Hamilton's day and Hamilton's Championship and everybody knows it! Somehow the stewards waved Max, with his new tires, passed a bunch of back markers right up behind Hamilton just in time for the last lap! Give me new "super soft" tires and I could pass Hamilton when he is on old worn tires! Nobody passed Hamilton all day until that last lap! Total BULLSHIT!!
from what I have seen on post race chat Mercedes got caught because tge never expected that position for Russell so did not expect the car to be checked...Or it was a genuine error...lol...I askedchat gpt to tell me what the impact would be of and f1 car losing 1.5kg in a race...here is the summary...N.B. the last paragraph is to me quite telling SummarySpeed Differential: A 1.5 kg weight reduction might result in a lap time improvement of approximately 0.045 to 0.06 seconds per lap, varying slightly with the track layout. Tyre Degradation: The lighter car would experience reduced tyre wear and better temperature management, which could translate into better tire performance over a race stint. In practice, F1 teams meticulously calculate these impacts and adjust their strategies accordingly, considering various factors like fuel loads, track conditions, and race dynamics.
I don’t believe Toto. I think he knew they screwed up and hoped FIA wouldn’t catch it. His arrogance knows no bounds. I think F1 needs to weight the top 3 cars promptly after the race. It’s ridiculous that a drivers thinks he won only to find out later he was disqualified. The drive goes through the podium celebration only to find out they’ve been disqualified or penalized grid penalties.
Mercedes has something against Lewis, it's simple. This is the reason why Lewis lost his 8th Championship, they are colluding inside against him. They don't want Lewis, for some reason, to win his 8th championship.
Well it's still a technical detail, same with Vettel a few years ago, DQd because he didn't have enough fuel left in the car when he finished the race.
It wasn’t a great drive from Russell, his car was light so anything he did is irrelevant. Toto knew something was up, you could see it in his face as they crossed the line. Russel wanted the one stop, the team ran the numbers, it would be close on fuel but worth the risk because Russel was going to finish no where if he stopped.
Technically its about 500 grams cuz the FIA took out 2.8liters of oil instead of just 1 litre. Futhermore he would hv lost quite a bit of rubber by doing 34 laps aroung spa in one set of hard and since there is no in lap he is not able to go off line and pick up some rubber bits on the road to increase the weight of the car
The failure of Hamilton with fresh Tyres to overtake Russell for free laps was a good cause for suspicion and it exposed the challenges in the dynamics of the Mercedes team.
You must have an understanding of racing and car dynamics, but more importantly the driver, especially in this case. Hamilton, did not really try to challenge Russell in the last 4 laps. There was not even a try to out brake. There was no lunge attempt. In this case air turbulence did not matter. Hamilton made the decision to let him win and not challenge. But you must have an understanding of the dynamics I mentioned to see this and draw this conclusion. Hamilton could have passed Russell if he wanted to, unless there was deliberate blocking and risking collision. Pretty simple to draw this conclusion if you look and study closely.
Lewis fought hard, fair and square!!!!! He deserved it in the first place. Just sad about George but his time will come. Note "Ignorance of the rules/law excuses no one"
Hamilton is leaving so Mercedes has given priority to George but George is not as good as Hamilton and Mercedes have found themselves in sticky situations backing the wrong guy. What Wolf should do is back the GOAT till he leaves it's only right.
THE BIG LOSER IN THIS RACE IS RED BULL. If we look at the teamwork of McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari in the Championship, it is more consistent, but not Red Bull, privileging Verstapen and sacrificing Checo. This decision of not truly working as a team with good decisions will lose them the Constructors' Championship and possibly the Drivers' Championship as well. Both cars need to be competitive and not just one to add up and save the Championships.
There is no victory lap at Spa. At the end of the race the drivers turn right in to the podium spots so there was no chance for George to spend a whole lap picking up klag on the tires. Combine that with the fact that his tires were worn extremely thin (34 laps) put him under weight.
it was the same for all the cars though. from what i saw after the race the other merc had bugger all pickup on the tyres. still gutted for george though.
You don't lose another 1.5kg off of the hard tires after an extra 10 laps. Some of it? Sure, but just under 400g per tire is quite a lot to not be accounted for. Even Toto straight up said that someone made a mistake.
Russell is not a team player..he could have let Hamilton pass an come first because he know that Hamilton need his next championship.. he need to be a team player an stop think about himself..
This was a case of the team screwing over both drivers in different ways: Russell was given an illegally light car to race with and Hamilton was given a schedule of tire changes that slowed him down unnecessarily during the race. Morale on Hamilton's part is a moot point. He's just excited to be going to Ferrari next year. Russell though has now had his second win taken away by team mistakes. The first was right when he started driving for Mercedes. He must be wondering if Mercedes is the right team for him.
Merc being a German maker will not allow a Brit to b an 8th time world champ. How can a so competitive car can suddenly becomes so slow to redbull.? When redbull can maintain its performance for years.
Russel'd disqualification was justified. Since thé beginning of thé Season , thé attitude of Mercedes towards Lewis Hamilton looks liké discrimination. Mercedes IS cheating!
They told him to box, and he didn't think he knew everything about race. It was a team sport not an individual. This guy wants to be the number one guy of Mercedes.
A car being underweight is a massive advantage, hence the DQ all good though. Sad for Ryssel but I think he’s got some wins in him to come this season he’ll feel good very soon
Disqualification is valid because it was done following the rules as they are . Mercedes as a team is responsible for this mistake . The drives are both spot on but the people in the garage and pitwall obviously not always . No need for negative dynamics between Lewis and George .
This rule needs better interpretation and application I feel. We all got to witness an EPIC and EXCITING finish. These sort of heroics should be encouraged, not disqualified. If they want more realistic scrutineers, stop them from picking up marbles and debris to add weight. This rule leans toward boring parades instead of sharp wheel to wheel racing.
What is more important, how did he not know that his performance was so much better than Hamilton? Did his performance not raise questions? Toto says it was a mistake, a serious mistake.
The 2024 Belgium GP was a Fantastic race, with battles through out, George Russell was outstanding in managing his tyres and realizing he could make them last the race distance, in my opinion it was the Team that let him down, F1 Teams have someone in place in every department, someone should of known that the car would be underweight with a 1 stop strategy based on the starting weight and what age the tyres would be after the race, if not then Why not ??
It was Russell's engineers fault, not Russell. They changed a lot of parts after Hungary, different downforce. His engineer should have known the parts would be underweight. You can't blame the driver. The reason why is that George made up his own strategy mid-race. George is a very intelligent racer, not a grunt. Not that Lewis is a grunt, but George exhibits high engineering intellect, this is not easy.
What a shite report. You missed the most important part when RUSSELL asked to run til the end... it wasn't a team decision so stop making a drama out of nothing.
Russell proving his worth? A few races ago he went from Pole to 3rd. Also, the only reason the car is finally good this year is because Merc finally took Lewis' advice about what should be done to combat the weakness in handling for the car.
GR’s car was underweight 1.5kg possibly because he didn’t get to drive an extra lap around the track. Drivers will try to pick up the, marbles, old rubber off of the racing line for extra weight. After the cars crossed the finish line they drove up the pit lane from the exit. Russell got little opportunity to gain weight by driving over the discarded rubber on the track. Unfortunate for George.
Mercedes shot themselves in both feet literally by not only cheating with Russell’s car weight and then trying to knobble Hamilton’s race strategy. They further screwed their points haul when they became too greedy. I simply cannot understand why they continue to favour a novice like Russell over an eight time champion, (yes he really did win eight WCs no question). Hamilton’s decision to move to Ferrari is clearly turning out the best choice for him and I’m sure he will succeed there too whist Le Clerc continues to falter
GEORGE DID NOT RACE ANYONE ,HE TRY TO STEAL A WIN FROM IS TEAM MATE. HAPPY THAT SIR LEWIS HAMILTON, DIDNT GO OVER TO CELEBRATE WITH THE TEAM...LESSON LEARNED FOR MERCEDES
Genuine mistake. Come on! No drama! His tires were old, therefore lighter, in Spa there is not victory lap, so, he could not pick up rubber from the track. Again ...NO DRAMA!
The TEAM didn't opt for different strategies....George Russel suggested the 1 stop and the team thought he would finish 5th regardless of if he did a 1 stop or a 2 stop so they left it up to the driver....
Its crazy bc lewis being unable to overtake george did not make sense bc russel made the one stop plan keep in mind his tyres were over 30 laps old and hamilton at the time had much fresher tyres and hamilton EVEN HAD DRS and STILL COULDNT OVERTAKE RUSSEL i rlly feel bad for russel but at the same time its fair bc russels car could match the speed if not go faster than a f1 car with drs enabled
Mercedes made a mistake and didn't account for tyre wear on a one stopper. Its that simple. Toto admitted it. Kind of embarrassing to get something so simple, so wrong.
Amazing when the team make a mistake everything and anything can change. Rightly so. When F1 makes a mistake and fires the man responsible the result cant be changed and max was gifted the championship.
Will Russell's disqualification affect Mercedes' team morale in the upcoming races?
FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGON BALL F1!!!
The FIA should have checked both Mercedes cars.
@@richarddornford all classified cars are checked!
Bottas should have 1 stop if he has enough feul, (OLD VIDEO)stop bullying Russy you cbal
No it wouldn't🏁if L H. Had done the same to G.R.it would of apply to him also,fair is fair👍🇧🇷🏁
Unfair? Literally the opposite.
If you break the rules, you get disqualified. That is fair.
It wasn't him though. Someone is to blame so should be fired.. cost millions, all to do which however was responsible for the fuel
It's unfair to George
Running over 30 laps with the same set of tyres would lose excessive rubber. Mercedes knew there could be a weight problem all along and so they left over 2.8 litres of fuel in Russell's car before weight checking. They didn't get away with it because FIA made them drained away all fuel before checking again.
@@louinth He was driving an underweight car. The fact that he didn't know doesn't change the fact that his disqualification was fair.
@@boredweegie553
I believe "fair" is not the adjective you're looking for, then.
It was fair that Russel got disqualified. The car was illegal, and therefore Russel had an unfair edge. Even if it wasn't his fault.
This is justice you mean Hamilton was faster and better all week and Mercedes robbed him with putting him on the worst strategy and and top of that they cheated with russel this shows how much of a beast Lewis is even past his prime Lewis is the best on the grid
best on the grid, sure xDDD
@@jan_hamara stay mad you give this man a winning car and what a surprise he wins this is why he is the goat
Its oblivious that Mercedes is doing everything they can to stop Hamilton from winning, but this time it came back and bit them in the ass. Why else would they do this?
How is it 'un fair'? There is a reason why he was disqualified: The was below the minimum weight! That is a no no. Period.
because they weight the cars with tires and the tires were the problem... not the car... nobody did something to gain un unfair advantage,,,just stupid rules... to much degradation on tires...
@@mariusmihai1292Where does it say it was tires that were underweight? Russell was not the only on who did a 1 stop and the weight was fine for Yuki, Magnussen.
You can't expect the driver to check the weight of his car before he gets in. Punish the team, but not the driver.
Eight minutes of tosh for half a minute to tell you he was underweight.
@@mariusmihai1292 It matters not my friend, rules are rules. No one else was found underweight.
They've been trying to shaft Hamilton since he said he was off else where so I'm glad he ended up with the win and that's quite a lot of weight to be under by
Exactely😅
totally agree bitter sweet victory for Lewis ❤ from New Zealand
Then the same Goes for George. The team didn't want 1 stop, but George refused, and made the decision to a 1 stop. And did Lewis do that? No.
@@iLeventeLewis did ask for a one stopper mid race. He did say the tires were looking good. But the team decided to cover Piastri behind which is the right call. The thing they did wrong was as Lewis said in the post race interview they didn't mention George was on a one stopper to Lewis until like last 5 or 6 laps which i think most people are not taking into account. If he knew earlier i bet he would try to push much earlier to overtake Russell rather than save tires to cover Piastri at the end. What a mess by Merc. This is not on George tho. He did a fantastic race.
@@iLeventeLewis wanted a one stop too. He asked for it, but they denied it to him. If he had been too light, what you think, what sort of blame would've been waiting him
George's car was NEVER in the race, it was underweight
Putting skills aside, 1.5 kilo lighter is what gave GR the upperhand the entire race.
Technically its about 500 grams cuz the FIA took out 2.8liters of oil instead of just 1 litre. Futhermore he would hv lost quite a bit of rubber by doing 34 laps aroung spa in one set of hard and since there is no in lap he is not able to go off line and pick up some rubber bits on the road to increase the weight of the car
He lost weight during the race as tyres got worn out during race. Have some common sense
The car is 1.5 lighter it’s got nothing to do with the tires if you don’t believe me guess who done one stopper but passed the FIA test 👀
@@joligramm4255 its not my judgement. I have read in online articles. But he did a great job. And tell me y it's not the tyres?
@@R.videocassette to be honest when Hamilton was talking about being 2/10 down I knew straightaway that Russel was driving a lighter car then him, Alonso done one stop but he passed so there is more to this
When George took the chequered flag, there was a close up on Toto who looked totally unexcited at their 1-2. It was like, he already knew what was coming.
I saw That too. He knew it wasn't over yet.
@@LeongGunners you can say that again ✌️
Yeah! I saw it too. Toto didn't look happy at all.
I thought the exact same thing! Glad I’m not the only one 😂 everyone else was absolutely buzzing and he was sat there very subdued, almost like he knew something wasn’t right
Yup! Saw that too, he wasn’t outside for the trophy presentation, which I thought was odd too.🤔
🙏🏾😌Be Safe;-).
I've been saying this since Lewis told Toto he was going to Ferrari. Mercedes will not allow LH to beat GR in the driver's standings come seasons end (AGAIN) as this will demoralize the young pretender going forward. But you can't keep the GOAT down as easy as they thought.
Mercedes forgot Lewis is in the same league of drivers as Max Verstappen, Michael Schumacher and Aryton Senna, once given the right tools he becomes a racing god, like the other names I've just mentioned. They'll need to strip all upgrade on Lewis's car back to what it was at the start of the season if they are to stop him from beating George Weaselton.
The GOAT keeps going and it must be driving GR and Toto crazy! But in the end it’s 105 trophies in the wall…. And what is great is LHs capacity to deal with all of it in a gentlemanly way!
I am curious to see how it will develop with CL next year….
On a side note also great seeing that when the car is a no no supreme highness MV also does not deliver!
They did support LH as they sabotaged GR car
It’s not that important unless it’s the WDC then Lewis would carry the no.1 to Ferrari. I doubt Toto is bothered who’s ahead unless we’re talking about the title here.
@@geraldtopfer4929 Mercedes were not expected to be anywhere near the front at Spa as they found out after Friday's upgrades not working. Everyone had to compromise on their set up with them knowing rain was due for qualy, but good weather for the race. Red Bull chose maximum down force to get pole so Max would start 11th and no worse, but that high rear wing was no good for Sunday. George has out qualified Lewis just about all season so far, with Lewis suspecting something was not fair in the camp. Toto wasn't expecting Merc' to be anywhere near the front, and the feeling is that if the Merc' pair were to finish off the podium (say 5th and 6th) as many had suggested, then their cars would not have to be weighed post race. Georges car has probably been made lighter most of this season so as to out qualy LH, and as we all witnessed directly after the race, Toto's face was not a happy one, maybe because he 'knew' their cars were going to be weighed and George would be disqualified. I'm not the ONLY person to think this on various media sights.
Anyone who thinks this is unfair doesn't understand how rules work in society.
The question is why is Russell running a lighter car to Lewis? Smh smh
That’s because by not changing tires a second time it creates so much tire wear that it makes the car lighter
If youd watched the video for just 100 seconds youd have your answer....
Rules are rules. You are not the first who has experienced this. Just unlucky to get caught
Merc went by Lewis second pit stop and checked the tyre wear to then have the idea to keep Russell out, but I don’t think Russell would manage to win it from that far back. Possibly 3rd place at best. But coupled with a lighter car also. But then Toyo’s face after Russell crossed the lines was like he knew something was coming. Very unusual.
That's my thought, too. Toto didn't look very happy.
It was like everyone in the garage knew, except for George himself. A bit strange why they didn't insist on him coming in for a 2nd stop. They should've gone "George, you can't win. If you win, you lose everything."
I don’t want to hear any excuses!!!
They did Ham wrong on many occasion during this race. And the car being underweight clearly would've help George stint for that long while also maintaining his pace under attack. Less weight, less deg! Hence the suspicion by the FIA after checking the initial weight. They suspected something was wrong and there find the car legality was compromised. Nothing to do with tire or fuel so again, it was cheating and a bad look on Toto.
F1 principals will weigh up the odds and cheat if they can... Its part of the sport.
Only cheating if you get caught. No crying in cheating 😢
Technically its about 500 grams cuz the FIA took out 2.8liters of oil instead of just 1 litre. Futhermore he would hv lost quite a bit of rubber by doing 34 laps aroung spa in one set of hard and since there is no in lap he is not able to go off line and pick up some rubber bits on the road to increase the weight of the car
Understandably so. But there’s more to this than just fuel and tire wear. It was stated that, further investigated was taken due to suspicion after finding the car weight precisely being set at what’s legally required after extraction of fuel. Hence the thorough investigation that lead to finding the car of it self being underweight aside from tire wear and fuel consumption.
This is publish by the FIA and not me.
In other cases of hypothetically speaking as we are, Wolf and the team could appeal and rightfully so win the outcome had it been a matter of tire wear, right?
Instead, they put out a statement claiming they’ll learn from it which means they were fully aware of this for all we logically know.
Hamilton has an is an experienced driver, he knows what is right from what is unjust
wolff must have known about the possibility of a weight
problem after letting Russell stay out but 1.5 kilos due to tyre wear? thats hard to believe.
I agree. The antics are becoming obvious and embarrassing
What surprises me is that how did Lewis Hamilton stayed with Mercedes after all these years of letting him down. I just hope Ferrari 2026 would be good for him.
It was some bullshit that they radio’d HAM at the last few laps, to give RUS some extra space as if HAM is some noob who should be careful not to mess up RUS’s race. What a load of crap. Disrespectul af.
Did they really tell Lewis to give him more space???? Find that hard to believe. I was under the impression that Lewis did everything he could to overtake him, but strangely enough did not manage to do so. Maybe they made the drs zone too short. A lot of drivers were having overtaking problems
and what hamboy told you that?
Hamilton is a team player and he has always put the constructors championship ahead of the driver's. We can be fairly certain
That he is looking forward to finishing the rest of this season strong & moving on to the challenge of winning at Ferrari with Leclerc.
Serious breach of trust, it seems, that could see top managers getting a warning. Stakeholders and shareholders will not like this kind of behaviour 🤔
Lewis should never assist George in the future! He was happy for Piastra to catch Lewis if it meant winning the race. Lewis will be more than satisfied with the win. He deserves this one; 105 and counting!
So true! I can't be the only one noticing how Russell always chooses a strategy that goes against Lewis to get the one-up on Lewis whenever Lewis pits first, instead of running his own race strategy against the rest of the field! Plotting on Lewis is his specialty. Once George realized Lewis pit early to cover Leclerc he went on the radio immediately to go for the 1 stopper instead of considering how to work together or be a team player. Now imagine had Lewis gotten by George how George would act if Lewis didn't hang tight to lend him a draft to keep Piastri off his back...George is a 1 way street as far as teamwork goes.
All Lewis teammates in Merc except Nico did a 2nd fiddle to Lewis. George is not having that, his teammate is the first rival, then comes the rest. He needs to beat the teammate in the same car, that's what all F1 drivers do or should do.
the fact that russell said before 'he would be fumed if the team did different strategies' tells you a lot he's a hypocrite if he was the one leading and lewis got a one stop strategy he would be fuming but now that the team obviously favors him he's happy and doesn't care
hmmm Russell gave Lewis drs and a slipstream so it would have been near impossible for piastri unless he made a mistake or if piastri made an overambitious divebomb
and dont u think the same thing would happen if lewis had overtaken russell. Lewis would have either done the same thing or not even provide drs at all
'Technical Detail' - they cheated. If you think Mercedes don't know about a 1.5kg difference you don't know much about the sport. They tried to leave fuel in on purpose.
I know, so obvious. They act like we were born yesterday. There's a reason Toto looked like he was on death row at the end of the race despite his cars having a 1-2 finish. He can make up all the excuses he likes but he knows Hamilton will see they've been doing this shit for months and got caught because they weren't expecting Russel to win, he was supposed to come P5. But Russel's 1.5kg lighter car was overperforming allowing him to do the impossible and go for a one stop in Belgium GP. That meant his car was gonna get checked and he'd be DQ, but more importantly, Hamilton will know what shenanigans Merc have been playing all along.
All George wants to do is beat Lewis. Not the grid, not to be a winner. Just be ahead of Lewis. He isn’t as good as he think he is, not even as good as Lando or Oscar. He wouldn’t have beaten Lewis if he was the correct weight. After pitting he would have been 5
If he would have pitted Mercedes would have had a chance to add 2kg and not be under.
You're re absolutelly right
@@user-ze9jz9wc1t how? throw some weights in to the car?
It's over. Doesn't matter what happens , Lewis, is in A Ferrari next year.
what a mistake Ferrari made get hamiltom is finish
@@domenicoformoso1352 ... careful, your DNA is showing.
Thats explained his tyres last and able to defend from lewis. It hurt but fair
Mercedes obviously against Lewis because he's leaving....
I think they already decided to build a new team around Verstappen and Antonelli.
@@r.p.vanloon6403huh there going to get verstappen??
max is NOT leaving red bull and andrea antonelli told toto he is not ready(check your facts). . .yes lewis is leaving but they won't abandon him. . .lewis and toto still good friends
@@user-vs2kh4hq8e You want to bet? Max will be leaving. The question is will it be in 2025 or 2026. And Antonelli is ready, believe me. He is just covering himself. And about Lewis, I sincerely hope for him he will not regret his move to Ferrari.
The King is dead, long live the King.
There have been rumours in the paddock that Russell always had a lighter car than Lewis.
This I hope you can prove or els it’s pure BS. And childish
Why would one car be lighter when both are in competition?
Don’t they weigh the cars after each race?
@@vibeoptimist yes.
@@vibeoptimist Not all of them. It's a random selection. But, when one car fails, they will then go weigh the other one in the team.
Toto caught cheating 😂
Honestly, George should have been p2 , Lewis did an amazing job and the team and George were not fair to him, so yeah thats better this way
No excuse rule is rule, how is it unfair!!! George was lucky to have Lewis behind him, if that was other drivers behind George, definitely he will under pressure and make huge mistake. Lewis always the team player!!!
Merc got caught cheating. Shameful.
Yep. Wheres that annoying sackrider Zak brown calling Mercedes cheaters?
Mercedes needs to get their act together and support the driver who is going to get the to the front and get as much points as possible.
This sport is all about money and sponsors will not stay with a team that is not getting points and winning races.
The minimum weight issue should have been identified BEFORE the race, not AFTER! I blame FIA for this debacle. If I'm Toto, I'm appealing this decision ASAP. Unless they removed the fuel in between the initial weigh-in and start of the race in which case, yeah, they deserve to be DQ'd.
Straight sabotage😢
Not fair? The rules exist for a reason. That weight is work a couple tenths per lap, which is like 9 seconds over the race.
Not quite. 1kg is roughly 2 seconds over the whole GP, so 3ish seconds over the whole race.
@@WhiteG60 Not according to people who know, but enjoy yourself on your apologist tour
@@cineM4RL Such as? You can't just say 'people' and not name the people. I also am not an 'apologist'. George's car didn't meet regulations. He was disqualified and deserved to be disqualified. I actually dislike George a lot. I'm just setting the record straight. Plus, depending on which story you go with, either it's because the tires were too worn out, which means it wasn't 1.5kg lighter the whole race (I don't buy this really, they knew EXACTLY how much fuel to keep in the car to make it EXACTLY the minimum weight before having to drain the rest and ending 1.5kg under) or because of ballast/weight distribution from the wet weather quali and someone flat out screwed up, in which case he was 1.5kg underweight the entire race. That also could mean they broke parc ferme, but I'm not quite sure on the ballast adjustment. sporting regs don't mention it specifically, but because the weather changed so drastically, they may have been able to redistribute the weight. If not, they could be in line for a bigger punishment if parc ferme rules were found to be broken.
0.20 per lap!!! Hahaha! Not even.
Love it, this is true KARMA, Mercedes scre-wed over Lewis over his win in Belgium, and now both princess Russle and Mercedes gets punished, YESSSSS !!!!
Your mental illness is showing, get help team lh
Bring It on!LH will win over Russell, inter team.
Hamilton is going to punish mercedes when hes at ferrari
Karma ... Toto has been sabotaging Hamilton few years now ...
well .. perhaps... and operating weird is TRY....? 😂
There has been a crisis in Merc for a while now.
Get off Hamiltons .l.
Sorry no one can convince me otherwise. Mark my words it will be called Toto gate. Toto got paid off by the FIA after 2021 to ENSURE Hamilton never touches the F1 throne of 8 championships!
Well, he also gave him 7 championships.Not too shabby I would say..
Oh heavens, nothing like fabricating a story out of almost nothing. Begin with this: Russell, not the team, made the one-stop decision. Then this: Mercedes is on a roll which suggests the team is functioning well. And then this: Does anyone really think Hamilton is happy to have "inherited" the win, regardless of the strategy? Both Mercedes drivers drove brilliant races using different strategies. It was a great race. Just wish Ferarri could pick it up a level so we would have four teams dicing it out every F1 weekend.
meh...it was a rubbish strategy and Lewis was right to have a puzzled look about it
@@mindevo why it was a rubbish strategy? man 20 years ago F1 fans had more brains... you're literally angry because someone chose a different strategy that you expect it...
The GOAT wanted to stay out longer...the Team wanted to protect against Leclerc and so pitted him..while leaving Russel out
100% accurate thank you
It's nonsense to say Russell and not the team made the call to one stop. The team always have the final say on strategy. By the same token did Lewis make the call to pit? Wasn't it the team that ordered him to pit after he had said his tyres were OK? Furthermore the team only told Lewis on lap 39 that he had to race Russell for the win, clearly all along Lewis believed he wasn't racing Russell for the win otherwise he would have pushed like crazy in the last stint . So clearly justice has finally been served.
'This is not fair' Are words that should never be said in Hamilton's direction. Hamilton was robbed of a Championship as everyone knows. There is no fair.
how exact;y he was robbed? You mean 2021 where he didnt got point reduction for Silverstone and in the last race he thought he will end first? Noone robbed him anything, he was favoured. Under the safety car, there was 0 chanse RB wouldnt crash him out.
@@OOSpartan There is only one race where the general consensus was Hamilton was robbed. 2021 championship fight with Max Verstappen, last race, dying minutes.
@@BossMan-yj6fi It makes me mad even today!! Max had NOTHING for Hamilton all day! Max couldn't even get close to Hamilton let alone pass him, it was Hamilton's day and Hamilton's Championship and everybody knows it! Somehow the stewards waved Max, with his new tires, passed a bunch of back markers right up behind Hamilton just in time for the last lap! Give me new "super soft" tires and I could pass Hamilton when he is on old worn tires! Nobody passed Hamilton all day until that last lap! Total BULLSHIT!!
Robbed by who? Concluding about a whole season based on 1 last lap of a race is bad. Watch silverstone race of that year as an example
@@manue3927 You’re kidding, right?
Gooooo LH44 Totto should learn Karma is a B. Russell is way heavier than Hamilton so he has always had a lighter car. He is finally caught
Finally a season worth watching again
from what I have seen on post race chat Mercedes got caught because tge never expected that position for Russell so did not expect the car to be checked...Or it was a genuine error...lol...I askedchat gpt to tell me what the impact would be of and f1 car losing 1.5kg in a race...here is the summary...N.B. the last paragraph is to me quite telling
SummarySpeed Differential:
A 1.5 kg weight reduction might result in a lap time improvement of approximately 0.045 to 0.06 seconds per lap, varying slightly with the track layout.
Tyre Degradation:
The lighter car would experience reduced tyre wear and better temperature management, which could translate into better tire performance over a race stint.
In practice, F1 teams meticulously calculate these impacts and adjust their strategies accordingly, considering various factors like fuel loads, track conditions, and race dynamics.
Its all fair in love and war. That was Lewis win in the first place.SLH44 the best F1 driver.
I don’t believe Toto. I think he knew they screwed up and hoped FIA wouldn’t catch it. His arrogance knows no bounds. I think F1 needs to weight the top 3 cars promptly after the race. It’s ridiculous that a drivers thinks he won only to find out later he was disqualified. The drive goes through the podium celebration only to find out they’ve been disqualified or penalized grid penalties.
Mercedes has something against Lewis, it's simple. This is the reason why Lewis lost his 8th Championship, they are colluding inside against him. They don't want Lewis, for some reason, to win his 8th championship.
Technical detail.... "TECHNICAL" lol it's called cheating
Well it's still a technical detail, same with Vettel a few years ago, DQd because he didn't have enough fuel left in the car when he finished the race.
It wasn’t a great drive from Russell, his car was light so anything he did is irrelevant. Toto knew something was up, you could see it in his face as they crossed the line. Russel wanted the one stop, the team ran the numbers, it would be close on fuel but worth the risk because Russel was going to finish no where if he stopped.
I totally agree they all are glossing over this obvious fact...
I think I heard that Hamilton had 1 litre fuel left and Russel 2.6? I could be wrong. But that's significant.
@@owlexS Not seen that but that’s the weight difference a newer set of tyres will have made.
Technically its about 500 grams cuz the FIA took out 2.8liters of oil instead of just 1 litre. Futhermore he would hv lost quite a bit of rubber by doing 34 laps aroung spa in one set of hard and since there is no in lap he is not able to go off line and pick up some rubber bits on the road to increase the weight of the car
The failure of Hamilton with fresh Tyres to overtake Russell for free laps was a good cause for suspicion and it exposed the challenges in the dynamics of the Mercedes team.
I am pretty sure that thats been cleared up. Its one thing to catch someone its another to overtake
The lighter the car the faster and the lesser the degradation of the Tyres oo so I thought.
You must have an understanding of racing and car dynamics, but more importantly the driver, especially in this case. Hamilton, did not really try to challenge Russell in the last 4 laps. There was not even a try to out brake. There was no lunge attempt. In this case air turbulence did not matter. Hamilton made the decision to let him win and not challenge. But you must have an understanding of the dynamics I mentioned to see this and draw this conclusion. Hamilton could have passed Russell if he wanted to, unless there was deliberate blocking and risking collision. Pretty simple to draw this conclusion if you look and study closely.
Lewis fought hard, fair and square!!!!! He deserved it in the first place. Just sad about George but his time will come. Note "Ignorance of the rules/law excuses no one"
Mercedes have done a great job with the car. Seems like they are even close to MacLaren. Their race management is still sub-par though.
It's good that Hamilton didn't do a 1 stop
Toto turned out to be a bad egg..so much for letting a race go
Hamilton is leaving so Mercedes has given priority to George but George is not as good as Hamilton and Mercedes have found themselves in sticky situations backing the wrong guy. What Wolf should do is back the GOAT till he leaves it's only right.
With Antonelli and Max Verstappen they will have the best line up ever in 2026.
Not being able to do a lap after the finish line didn't help as they pick up chunks of rubber to add weight and raise the car slightly.
THE BIG LOSER IN THIS RACE IS RED BULL. If we look at the teamwork of McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari in the Championship, it is more consistent, but not Red Bull, privileging Verstapen and sacrificing Checo. This decision of not truly working as a team with good decisions will lose them the Constructors' Championship and possibly the Drivers' Championship as well. Both cars need to be competitive and not just one to add up and save the Championships.
Interesting how in the last two races we have constructors who finish 1-2 and are still unhappy and dissatisfied afterwards...Yikes
I would have prefered lewis to return to McClaren. Their cars are fast as hell
There is no victory lap at Spa. At the end of the race the drivers turn right in to the podium spots so there was no chance for George to spend a whole lap picking up klag on the tires. Combine that with the fact that his tires were worn extremely thin (34 laps) put him under weight.
Its been so many years that there is no cool down lap in space, that is no excuse
it was the same for all the cars though. from what i saw after the race the other merc had bugger all pickup on the tyres. still gutted for george though.
You don't lose another 1.5kg off of the hard tires after an extra 10 laps. Some of it? Sure, but just under 400g per tire is quite a lot to not be accounted for. Even Toto straight up said that someone made a mistake.
That 'turn right', is also known as karma...
Surely if Hamilton went for a 1 stop his car would have been light also? Aren't they practically identical?
Russell had removed the cars handbook from the glovebox before the start of the race!
Russell is not a team player..he could have let Hamilton pass an come first because he know that Hamilton need his next championship.. he need to be a team player an stop think about himself..
This was a case of the team screwing over both drivers in different ways: Russell was given an illegally light car to race with and Hamilton was given a schedule of tire changes that slowed him down unnecessarily during the race. Morale on Hamilton's part is a moot point. He's just excited to be going to Ferrari next year. Russell though has now had his second win taken away by team mistakes. The first was right when he started driving for Mercedes. He must be wondering if Mercedes is the right team for him.
Merc being a German maker will not allow a Brit to b an 8th time world champ. How can a so competitive car can suddenly becomes so slow to redbull.? When redbull can maintain its performance for years.
That's the truth and undisputed. I'd love to see Hamilton win just one more world championship.
@@luisbarrera1099 one more to equal Shuey's 7 :)
So you honestly think they will allow him to have 7 WC titels , but deny him number eight? Mercedes is way too big to stoop to such a childish game.
Russel'd disqualification was justified. Since thé beginning of thé Season , thé attitude of Mercedes towards Lewis Hamilton looks liké discrimination. Mercedes IS cheating!
Next time Russell, drive on the track clockwise.
They told him to box, and he didn't think he knew everything about race. It was a team sport not an individual. This guy wants to be the number one guy of Mercedes.
A car being underweight is a massive advantage, hence the DQ all good though. Sad for Ryssel but I think he’s got some wins in him to come this season he’ll feel good very soon
Disqualification is valid because it was done following the rules as they are . Mercedes as a team is responsible for this mistake . The drives are both spot on but the people in the garage and pitwall obviously not always . No need for negative dynamics between Lewis and George .
it's funny and also true but it is from the tires where...
It's McLaren who's screwing up and the others are capitalizing. They've lost Canada, Austria, Silverstone and now Spa!
This rule needs better interpretation and application I feel. We all got to witness an EPIC and EXCITING finish. These sort of heroics should be encouraged, not disqualified. If they want more realistic scrutineers, stop them from picking up marbles and debris to add weight. This rule leans toward boring parades instead of sharp wheel to wheel racing.
Why don’t they weight the car before the race
What is more important, how did he not know that his performance was so much better than Hamilton?
Did his performance not raise questions? Toto says it was a mistake, a serious mistake.
The 2024 Belgium GP was a Fantastic race, with battles through out, George Russell was outstanding in managing his tyres and realizing he could make them last the race distance, in my opinion it was the Team that let him down,
F1 Teams have someone in place in every department, someone should of known that the car would be underweight with a 1 stop strategy based on the starting weight and what age the tyres would be after the race, if not then Why not ??
It was Russell's engineers fault, not Russell. They changed a lot of parts after Hungary, different downforce. His engineer should have known the parts would be underweight. You can't blame the driver. The reason why is that George made up his own strategy mid-race. George is a very intelligent racer, not a grunt. Not that Lewis is a grunt, but George exhibits high engineering intellect, this is not easy.
What a shite report. You missed the most important part when RUSSELL asked to run til the end... it wasn't a team decision so stop making a drama out of nothing.
I remember looking at the vehicle scales at the end of the race and thinking I wonder if anyone has ever been DQ’d for car weight. I got my answer!
Russell proving his worth? A few races ago he went from Pole to 3rd.
Also, the only reason the car is finally good this year is because Merc finally took Lewis' advice about what should be done to combat the weakness in handling for the car.
Still we rise hatters!!🏁🏁💪🏾💪🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩
What did they remove from the car that weighs 1.5 kg?
GR’s car was underweight 1.5kg possibly because he didn’t get to drive an extra lap around the track. Drivers will try to pick up the, marbles, old rubber off of the racing line for extra weight. After the cars crossed the finish line they drove up the pit lane from the exit. Russell got little opportunity to gain weight by driving over the discarded rubber on the track. Unfortunate for George.
George: wah wah wah - The rules should not apply to me - I'm busy trying to beat that guy - he's black you know -
Mercedes shot themselves in both feet literally by not only cheating with Russell’s car weight and then trying to knobble Hamilton’s race strategy. They further screwed their points haul when they became too greedy.
I simply cannot understand why they continue to favour a novice like Russell over an eight time champion, (yes he really did win eight WCs no question). Hamilton’s decision to move to Ferrari is clearly turning out the best choice for him and I’m sure he will succeed there too whist Le Clerc continues to falter
GEORGE DID NOT RACE ANYONE ,HE TRY TO STEAL A WIN FROM IS TEAM MATE. HAPPY THAT SIR LEWIS HAMILTON, DIDNT GO OVER TO CELEBRATE WITH THE TEAM...LESSON LEARNED FOR MERCEDES
100%
Why the fuck are you shouting? This is something that was out of George's control, yet you blame him, not the team. You can't see things unbiased
1.5kg less weight gives him a lot of undue advantage.
That's why Lewis couldn't overtake him.
Every gram counts on these cars.
Genuine mistake. Come on! No drama! His tires were old, therefore lighter, in Spa there is not victory lap, so, he could not pick up rubber from the track. Again ...NO DRAMA!
KARMA for Mercedes and George Russell ,hart broken GR,Totto wolf wasn't as excited to see GR win as if it were SIR LEWIS HAMILTON
The TEAM didn't opt for different strategies....George Russel suggested the 1 stop and the team thought he would finish 5th regardless of if he did a 1 stop or a 2 stop so they left it up to the driver....
Pointless video. We all know what colours LH will be wearing next year.
SIR WHINGE A LOT going to blame Massi for this one too lol
Its crazy bc lewis being unable to overtake george did not make sense bc russel made the one stop plan keep in mind his tyres were over 30 laps old and hamilton at the time had much fresher tyres and hamilton EVEN HAD DRS and STILL COULDNT OVERTAKE RUSSEL i rlly feel bad for russel but at the same time its fair bc russels car could match the speed if not go faster than a f1 car with drs enabled
Mercedes made a mistake and didn't account for tyre wear on a one stopper. Its that simple. Toto admitted it. Kind of embarrassing to get something so simple, so wrong.
He shouldn’t trust Bono either at this point and not worry about bringing him to Ferrari…just leave them all in dust!
Amazing when the team make a mistake everything and anything can change. Rightly so. When F1 makes a mistake and fires the man responsible the result cant be changed and max was gifted the championship.
Speak to Vettel, he has experienced the same
its what it is , others have suffered same fate so it was not out of ordinary
The rules are the formula. It's right there in the name. It's great to see when F1 does what it says on the tin.
When you thought you were faster but your car is illegal 😅😅😅 "its not fair!" Didnt know cheating is supposes to be fair