Miami GP: Lewis Hamilton questions Mercedes strategy as George Russell finishes ahead again


Lewis Hamilton questioned Mercedes’ strategy after failing to pit under the safety car in Miami, eventually finishing sixth behind teammate George Russell; The Spanish Grand Prix is ​​the next race on the calendar the weekend of May 20-22 with full coverage only on Sky Sports F1

Last update: 09/05/22 1:18 am


Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok breaks down the battle between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

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Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok breaks down the battle between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok breaks down the battle between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

Lewis Hamilton questioned Mercedes’ strategy at the Miami Grand Prix after he was overtaken by teammate George Russell in the closing stages.

Hamilton was asked to make a key strategic decision after Lando Norris’ collision with Pierre Gasly on lap 41, as the constructors’ champions tried to decide whether to pit for soft tires under the resulting safety car.

Meanwhile, Russell took advantage of the situation to stop for faster medium tyres, allowing him to overtake both Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to finish the race in fifth, leaving him 23 points ahead of his new Mercedes team-mate in the race. pilot classification.

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after finishing sixth at the Miami GP.

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Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after finishing sixth at the Miami GP.

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after finishing sixth at the Miami GP.

Reflecting on being asked to decide the pit stop strategy, Hamilton said his team should have made the decision for him.

“In that scenario, I have no idea where everyone is, so when the team says it’s your choice, I don’t have the information to make a decision,” he said. sky sports.

“That’s your job, make the decision for me. You have all the details. I don’t!”

“For that you trust the boys, but today they gave it to me and I did not understand it.

“It was a bit unlucky in the pace car, but at least we got points today. We’re finishing and the reliability is good. We just have to keep trying.”

“I’m excited to step up at some point, which we haven’t done yet.”

Valtteri Bottas was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on the same play

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Valtteri Bottas was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on the same play

Valtteri Bottas was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on the same play

Hamilton lost under a safety car earlier this season when his team called him to pit at the Saudi Grand Prix just after he had passed the pit lane entrance.

And Sky Sports pundit Jenson Button feels he’s had more bad luck than most when it comes to strategic decisions that pay off.

“Lewis was incredibly lucky,” Button said.

“He says he hasn’t had any luck with the strategy. To be fair, everyone had the same strategy as him except his teammate because he had a bad qualifying.

“Really tough for Lewis today and in that decision making it’s really tough.”

Russell: It’s mixed feelings.

George Russell enjoyed his battle with Lewis Hamilton to finish fifth in his Mercedes

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George Russell enjoyed his battle with Lewis Hamilton to finish fifth in his Mercedes

George Russell enjoyed his battle with Lewis Hamilton to finish fifth in his Mercedes

It was an up-and-down weekend for Russell who, after finishing top of the timesheets in practice two, was eliminated in Q2 after failing to find the same pace.

He bounced back on Sunday to maintain his record of finishing top five in every race this season so far, but Russell admitted he has mixed emotions about the weekend as Mercedes continues to try to unlock the full potential of their W13.

“I think there are mixed feelings to be honest because based on where we were yesterday it’s a good result,” he told Sky Sports.

“But if you had told me after Friday that we would finish P5 and P6 way behind P1 I would have been disappointed, so we have a fast race car, we just don’t have the key to unlock performance.

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after finishing sixth at the Miami GP.

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Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after finishing sixth at the Miami GP.

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after finishing sixth at the Miami GP.

“We don’t really understand why that is, so there is work to be done.

“I felt like if I pushed any harder I was going to crash because I was just bouncing around the corners and it wasn’t much better today, but because of the slower speeds the aero wasn’t working as hard so I was able to handle it.” but we don’t get it right now to be honest I certainly don’t get it.

“It’s frustrating, but we’ll get there.”

On his on-track battle with Hamilton, he added: “When you’re fighting with your teammate you have to show a little bit of respect, more space than normal and I went a bit far but it’s very dirty off the line in this one. circuit”. and I had to do it all over again.

“I enjoyed it and there is great respect between us, but Lewis was unlucky today with those old hard tyres, there is a lot of work to do.”




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