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George Russell led a shock Mercedes one-two finish by holding off a fast-finishing Lewis Hamilton in a frenetic final stint at the Belgian Grand Prix. Russell reached the checkered flag with a surp…
George Russell led a shock Mercedes one-two finish by holding off a fast-finishing Lewis Hamilton in a frenetic final stint at the Belgian Grand Prix. Russell reached the checkered flag with a surprise one-stop strategy on a day almost every driver stopped twice, forcing Hamilton to chase him down in the final stint. It had been an inspired call by team and driver coming after the Briton made his tire change on lap 10 of 44, switching his mediums for hards. Russell switched to management mode to eke out the rubber over what suddenly had to become a 34-lap closing stint, knowing that Hamilton would be chasing him down with younger and significantly faster tires in the closing laps. Hamilton had looked on course for victory in the opening stint, but Russell managed to fend off his DRS advances five times to clinch the win by just 0.526s. In the end, it was an unexpected but satisfying one-two finish for the Mercedes team, with Russell and Hamilton showcasing their driving prowess.
