P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Russell has "zero hard feelings" about Mercedes F1 team orders
During the race, the Mercedes drivers, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, were running closely together on track while Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was closing in. To improve the team’s overall result, Hamilton requested to be put in front of Russell, who would then defend against Sainz. Initially hesitant, Russell complied with the decision and asked Hamilton for assistance in defending by giving him DRS. However, Sainz eventually overtook Russell but couldn’t catch up to Hamilton. After the race, Russell stated that he had no issue with the team orders as their main goal was to finish ahead of Ferrari in the constructors’ championship. Sainz suggested that Mercedes might have made things harder for him by leaving Hamilton behind, but Russell believed that the team made the right call and that there were no hard feelings. Both drivers engaged in intense on-track battles throughout the race, but Russell viewed it as fair racing and took the positives from it.
Source: motorsport
