George Russell explains “how did we mess this up?” Dutch GP radio complaint
Despite taking an early lead - after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen had stopped for intermediates - Russell dropped to the back of the grid as he was one of the last drivers to pit as the track c✤onditions worsened.
Russell couldn’t 𒁏hide his frustration with Mercedes’ late call, saying over team radio: 💃“I was forecast for a podium? F**k, how did we mess this up?”
Speaking after the r🐽ace, Russell revealed that Mercedes thought the rain would only last a couple of minutes.
“We were expecting the rain to stay for one or two mi🔯nutes, but it ended up staying for close to 10 minutes. It was ready for intermediate tyres but I thought I could brave it out for a lap or two more, if it was only going to be one or two minutes more of rain. It obviously wasn’t,” he said.
“I think we’d rather have a fast car and a bad day, then the opposite. But, a misseౠd oppo🌜rtunity.”
Russell was battling 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris for seventh but picked up an unfortunate punct🌳ure, dropping him to 17thꦡ at the chequered flag.
“It was when we were side by side, in🥂to the chicane, after a lap,” he added. “It 𓂃was obviously for a few points. Bit of a shame.
“We had such a fast car today. All the decisions, and the weather, w🌜ent against us. We need to look into what we could’ve done better. We clearly missed a big opportunity today.
“For about a quarter of a lap, I thought I was on for a great result, at the start when I got into the lead. With the information I had, I thought the others made the wrong decision by pitting. So that w🦩as fun while it lasted.
“We got it wrong today but there are positives.”
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