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 seventh and Russell 10🦩th.
Russell appeared to lock up at Turn One, so ♛Hamilton needed to avoi♕d running into his teammate.
Hamilton was forced to lift off on𓆉 the Kemmel Straight before overtaking Russell shortly after.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed pole position for Saturday afternoon’s sprint race, follow♈ed by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri then Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Hamilton asked via team ra🦩dio: “How much are we down?”
His race engineer replied: “P7. Eight💃 tenth🍰s to Verstappen.”
Hamilton then said: “Yeah, it doesn’t help 🍒w💛hen you’re held up.”
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