George Russell says Mercedes “made a big cock-up” after Hungary Q1 elimination

George Russell says Mercedes “made a big cock-up” as he suffered a shock Q1 elimination in qualifying for the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix. 
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AM
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AM

In a contrasting qualifying to teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton who claimed a brilliant pole position to end a drought stretching back ℱto 2021, Russell will start only 18th for Sunday’s race in Budapest after being kn🐠ocked out in the first session. 

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Russell was hampered by traffic in the final sector as he prepared to start his final lap of Q1, but was ultimately critical of Mercedes’ 💧timing. 

“The whole session was on track at the🌳 wrong time, wrong point, taking way too much risk as a team,” Russell said. 

“Th༺e car was so quick, we didn’t need to fuel for one lap and go right at the end and in loads of traffic.&nbꦰsp;

"I was trying to respect the gentleman’s agreement🍸 and got overtaken by a couple of cars, most notably Pierre, who overtook me at the final co꧅rner. 

"I was three tenths down before I even started and the lap was gone. I’m not going to blame any of the driver🉐s. We’re all fighting for ourselves. A♊s a team, we should have done a better job.” 

Asked if he thinks the gentleman’s agreement has now been taken away, Russell replied: “I don’♚t think it was ever really there to be honest. 

“In all honesty I would have probably done the same if I was in their shoes. You’ve got t﷽o fight for yourself. But the track is big enough, it’s 4.5km long and we were in a🥂 space of 1km with 10 cars. 

“So we just need to look in the mirror and recognise that we made a big cock-up today.𒅌”

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