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

In a contrasting qualifying to teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton w♓ho claimed a brilliant pole position to end a drought stretching back to 2021, Russell will start only 18th for Sunday’s race in Budapest after being knocked out in the first session.
Russell was hampered by traffic i🐼n the final sector as he prepared to start his final l😼ap 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.
“The car was🃏 so quick, we didn’t need to fuel for one lap and ♊go right at the end and in loads of traffic.
"I was trying to respect ಞthe gentleman’s agreement and got overtaken by a couple of cars, most notably Pierre, who overtook me at the final 🎃corner.
"I was three tenths down before I even started and the lap was gone. I’m not going to blame any of the drivers. We’re all fightin💃g for ourselves. As 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 h🎃ave probab♎ly done the same if I was in their shoes. You’ve got to 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.”

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