168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell has revealed that Mercedes had prepared to do a “coin toss” to decide who would run the upgraded front wing at the Monaco Grand Prix before 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton made the decision for himself.

Mercedes had just on𒐪e of their new front wings available fꦍor last weekend in Monaco.

It tran🥃spired in Friday practice that it would be just run on Russell’s ﷺcar, leading to a raft of theories about why that was the case.

Typically, teams tend t꧒o give whichever driver is ahead in the championship standings priority in terms of upgr😼ades.

However, some speculated that it was Mercedes favouring Russell given Hamilton is leaving the t𓆏eam next y🐻ear.

Speaking to Channel 4 after the race on Sunday, Russ🦋ell set the record straight by confirming that Ham⛄ilton snubbed the coin toss after trying the new front wing in the simulator.

“There was one front wing this 🅺weekend and it was agreed on Tuesday that we’d do a coin toss and see who got it,” he said.

“Lewis said he’d tried it on the sim and was happy for me to use it this weekend, because it doesn’t go without risk. If we made a mist🌳ake in qualifying and damaged it, obviously that’s one front wing that we won’t ever be able to use again an𒐪d you’d have to start from the pit lane.

“I was happy to take that risk using it and I thought it was a belated birthday🍰 present he gave me, s♉aying I could use it.

He concluded: “No, we didn’t do the coin toss.”

Despite Hamilton taking the decision into his own hands, the seven-time world champion ✃still referenced it in his reaction after both qualifying and the race.

The 39-year-old made a remarkable claim after qualifying that he doesn’t e🐷xpect to out-qualify Russell at all in 2024, par⛦ticularly in Monaco, as he didn’t have the “upgraded component”.

“So I anticipated it would be difficult to out-qualify Geo꧃rge because he has the [upgraded] component. It’s great to see that we are bringing upgrades,” Hamilton sဣaid on Saturday in Monaco.