One of the most surprising points of the 2022 F1 Emilia Romagna GP is the huge difference between the result achieved by George Russell, who is 4th, and his teammate, the theoretical leader, the 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. The former Williams, in his first year at Mercedes, beat Stevenage for the third consecutive time in 4 races and it was convincing, as Hamilton was 13th.
His boss, Toto Wolff, apologized to the 7-time king for giving him “an irresistible car.” “Hello Lewis, I’m sorry for what you had to drive. I know the car is not driveable. You don’t deserve it. It was a terrible race,” said Wolff, who considers that the difference between the result of Russell and Lewis It is based on the fact that George was riding in clean air, while the 7-time champion found himself in a train of cars with DRS.
“Lewis deserves better from us. But we are a team, so we must do everything we can to give you a machine capable of fighting for the top positions. We saw that when there was a DRS train like we did yesterday in the sprint race, no one could overtake. So if you’re boxed in on a train of cars, it’s almost impossible to overtake. ”
“I think Lewis has more speed than Gasly or Albon or all the other guys in front of him. But there’s DRS on the straight and if you don’t have speed on the straight, you can’t pass,” he said.
George started from 11th position and Hamilton did it from 13th. The 24-year-old driver took starting positions, climbed to sixth place, and eventually climbed to fourth-place positions after benefiting from Leclerc’s run off the track. His best career lap was a 1’20 ”962, riding in clean air.
Meanwhile, Stevenage’s race was completely opposite, starting with Lewis’s inability to regain starting positions. At the time he had only won two spots from Sainz and Ricciardo because of his first accident and his career was behind a group of cars that he had not passed. After the stop he had to chase Gasly’s AlphaTauri without catching it, no matter how hard he tried. For all of this, Lewis Hamilton didn’t hesitate to apologize to his team.
“At least George got some points, so I apologize to everyone for not being able to do the same,” Lewis said on the radio. Among the appointments where he reached the finish line and did not drop out, yesterday was the first to finish out of points since the 2013 Spanish GP. A piece of cake for the 7-time king, deeper than ever.
Source: La Verdad
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