Lewis Hamilton and George Russell block each other in F1 Belgian Grand Prix sprint shootout finale
Neither of the Mercedes drivers were able to improve their lap time as a result, leaving Hamilton s🦋eventh and Russell 10th.
Russell appeared ൩to lock up at Turn One, so Hamilton needed to avoid running into💯 his teammate.
Hamilton wa🐎s forced to lift off on the Kemmel Straight before overtaking Russell shortly after.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed pole position for Saturday afternoon’s sprint race, followed by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri then Fer𒁏rari’s Carlos Sainz.
Hamilton asked🍰 via team radio: “How much ar🐽e we down?”
His🧸 race engineer replied: “P7. ℱEight tenths to Verstappen.”
Hamilt🐲on then said: “Yeah, it doesn’t help when you’re held up.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameℱrican sp🙈orts, to football, to F1.
