2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button has suggested that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton opted against running the new Mercedes front wing at the Monaco Grand Prix due to being♏ feꦍarful of damaging it.

Mercedes introduced a revised front wing for this weekend in Monaco, which was run on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s car only.

Russell secured his best qualifying result since the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, qualifying fifth, beating Hamilt💜on for the seventh time in eight races.

After qualifying, Hamilton suggested there was a clear high-speed a♛dvantage from the f🌼ront wing and he doubts that he will be able to beat Russell again this year.

Speaking during Sky𓃲 Sports F1’s post-qualifying coverageಞ, Button claimed the decision over who ran the new front wing was decided between them.

Typically, teams tend to give new upgrades to w🤡hichever driver is ahead in the standings, so in this caseဣ, it would be Russell.

Button said: “From what we’ve heard, they 🌺made the decision between them, for who was ♑going to use the front wing.

“Lewis didn’t want to go from qualifying, and pos𒁏sibly damage it, and possibly have to start at the back.”

Given Mercedes only have one specification of this front wing available in 𝄹Monaco, had Russell damaged it, he would have been forced to change to the ol🅘d-spec.

If Mercedes wanted to do that, he’d have been taken out of parc ferme conditions and subse🍃quently forced to start from the pit lane.

Former W Series driver Naomi Schiff believ🙈es Russell’s superiority at the moment - and being “favoured” due to the fact Hamilton is leaving for Ferrari - is a “tough pill to swallow”.

“Lewis allu🌞ded to George having the new component on his car which I think is an interesting factor,” she explained. “Lewis has been the No. 1 driver at that team for many years, he’s the most successful driver in Formula 1 at the moment.

“The psycho𝓰logy behind becoming the driver who is not favoured must be new territory for Lewis. That’s probably a tough pill to swallow. Alth𒉰ough I am sure he is understanding of the situation.

“Hats off, not just because he has that component on the car. He didn’t have a smooth run through practice, ꦆhe didn’t ꦰhave as many laps as the others. To bounce back is a great job.”