Lewis Hamilton-George Russell “luck” comments analysed at F1 Australian Grand Prix - “there’s no such thing as good luck”
Russell out-qualified aꦆnd out-raced Hamilton in Jeddah a fortnight ago, having outperformed him throughout 2022 too.
Hamilton claimed his teammate’s choice of setup in Jeddah was “luck” but, responding ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Australian Grand Prix, Russell said: “I don’t think there’s any luck in it at all🐬.”
Craig Slater said on Sky: “This is a big subplot this year. Hamilton was outscored last year by Russell - that’s only happened twice beforﷺe in his career, being outscored 🐭by a teammate.
“Jenson Button once, and Nico Rosberg did it in fortuitous circumstances when 🦋Lewis had a lot of reliability 𓂃problems.
“Russell out-qualified Hamilton in Jeddah by four tenths 🐲of a second. That’s a big gap between teammates.
“Maybe that stung Lewis a bit.
“Lewis said that if he had the same setup as Ge🐽orge, or if he hadn’t made a setup mistake, he wouldn’t just be matching George’s pace, he’d be beating it. Maybe a subtle imꦇplication that he’d be ahead.
“George, I think, is standing his ground. Resisting the noti💮on that it was only his setup, or only the fortuitous way that the two garages went wi🧜th how they angled the wing of the car on the day.
“He has to say that. He can’t just admit that, if everything were equal, Lewis would be beating him week-in week-🍸out.
“He’s got to assert himself, without being disrespeജctful to Lewis, which I don’t think this.
“He can’t just be the makeweight in that team. 💦He’s got to stand up for his own prospects at Mercedes.”
Slater asked Chandhok: “Interesting comments from R♓ussell today, saying it was good preparation, 𓆏and not luck, that allowed him to out-qualify Hamilton in Jeddah. How will remarks like that go down with Lewis?”
Chandhok answered: “He might actually agree. I’m a firm believer in this sport t🌸hat there’s no such thing as good luck. There is only good preparation.
“George was alluding to the same fact.
“You get bad luck sometimes when things break.
“The reality is that teams h🍃ave to put in the groundwork.
“Lewis never got to a point in Jeddah where he was happy and comfortable in the car. He was work🐽ing on his side of the pits as hard as George, I’m sure.
“But he never found the sw🦂eet spot, as George did.
“That will be a bit of a concern.
“The track in Melbo𝄹urne was modified, it’s quite a fast layout, not as fast as Saudi Arabia. Still pretty quick. The demands of the car aren’t a million miles away from what we saw two weeks ago.
“Lewis and his engineers will be hoping to🉐 correct whatever issues thꦫey had last time out.”
Mercedes’ W14💃 have come under inte♓nse scrutiny, even before the first race of 2023.
Team principal📖 Toto Wolff insisted the entire concept would need to be recon❀sidered.
Although fighting Red Bull in Melbourne might be too🃏 ambitious, Russell has claimed that Mercedes’ latest developm🃏ents have been a major step in returning them to the front of the grid.
