Toto Wolff reacts to George Russell’s Belgian GP disqualification

Mercedes give their initial reaction to George Russell's Be🍰lgian GP disqualification, Lewis Larkam🐟 reports from Spa.

Race winner George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in parc ferme. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Belgian Grand Prix,
Race winner George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 in parc ferme. Formula 1 World Championship,…

Toto Wolff says Mercedes will take 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s disqualifation from the F1 Belgian Grand Prix “on the chin”.

Russell was stripped of his victory in Sunday’s race, with Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton handed the win instead after a post-race inv༒estigation found h𒅌is car to be under weight. 

After fuel was drained out of Russell’s car and it was weighed again on the FIA scales, his W15 was found to be 1.5kg below the minimum weight requested in ⛎T♛R article 4.1.

“You have to take it on the chin,” Wolff told media including at Spa-Francorchamps. “It i💦s what it is, a mistake has happened.

“A 1-2 would have been a great result going into the summer break. It wouldn’t go any better. The positive, the very positive we can take from this race is w😼e had two cars that were the benchmark in this race, with two different strategies.

“W💫ho would have said that a few months ago? That is really good to see.”

Asked if there was anything damaged on Russell’s car that couldꦛ have knocked the weight down, Wolff replied: “No. You expect loss of rubber, maybe more, but it’s🉐 no excuse.

“We have to learn from that, and as a team, given there are more positives to take, for Georg♚e, but that’s a massive blow for a driver when his childhood dream🧸 is to winning these races, then to be told it’s taken away. But he's going to win many more.”

Hamilton’s victory means he now has two wins in three races, having waited 945 days to end his drought at the🌺 British Grand Prix earlier this month.

For Mercedes, it marks the G🌌erman manufacturer’s t𒊎hird win in the last four rounds. 

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