The ‘small argument’ Nico Rosberg thinks Lewis Hamilton can make about George Russell F1 crash
Hamilton and Russell dramatically came to blows in a 🧜first corner collision that left the seven-time world champion stricken in the gravel, and his teammate at the back of the grid in a nightmare start for Mercedes.
After the race, Hamilton took full responsibility for the collision and apologised 𒐪to Russell, who staged an impressive reco🌊very drive to fourth.
ꦏ"George thought the race was over, but actually [it] turns out [it wasn’t]," the 2016 world champion told Sky.
"This is going to be interesting ꧅to analyse obviously, Lewis has the soft tyres so he just tries to go round the outside but it’s three people going into turn one.
"🙈It was 100% Lewis’ error there, it’s a slight misjudgment, it’s not a big🔯 misjudgment, [he] doesn’t leave quite enough space for George there, so it’s all on Lewis.
“He already admitted to [it] and kind of took responsibiౠlity for it.”
Hamilton used his faster, grippier soft tyres to make the best start out of the top three and draw alongside Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who b𝔉oth started on mediums, as they ran three-wide into Turn 1.
Asked if it was a r♉isk by Mercedes to put their drivers on different compounds, Rosberg replied: “Possibly yes, because you put the guy behind who’s on the softer compound.&nbs💯p;
“Lewis would have gone P1, I think, around the outside. He was already level wit💃h Verstappen and going so much faster. He hཧad a real chance to be P1 after Turn 1.”
And Roౠsberg reckons that factor will give Hamilton a small case to take to Mercedes when they re💦view the incident internally.
“He was coming from the outside so had a much wider radius. Verstapp🥀en was coming in tight. So by the time they collided, Lewis was already level with 𓂃Verstappen,” Rosberg added.
“That’s a small argument that he will be able to bring to the team in an internal discussion, and say: perhaps we should have been smarter and we should have asked George to stay behind Verstappen and give me that opportunit♛y, with my softs, to go for it’.”
Rosberg also praised Hamilton’s “skill” after suffering wඣhat w🌊as only his sixth first-lap retirement across his 17-year F1 career.
“Can you believe it? The 🌼skill! In his whole car💛eer he’s only gone out six times on Lap 1,” he said.
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