The pilot George Russell, with Mercedesresisted in the last lap and today took the victory in the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix in the face of intimidating pressure from his peer Lewis Hamilton.
Russell He used a brilliant strategy, in which he had only one stop, and managed to epically maintain the gap over the seven-time world champion, who had to settle for second place.
In third position he was Oscar Piastri with his McLaren and for the second consecutive weekend he reached the podium, since the previous race he took first place.
“I couldn’t predict this in our strategy meeting this morning,” he said. Russell and added: “Great strategy, also congratulations to Lewis who could have achieved victory.”
“That’s three wins in six races, we’re in a very good place right now,” said the winner.
Formula 1: George Russell resisted pressure from Hamilton and won the Belgian GP
For its part, Hamilton He commented: “Congratulations to George and the team. We didn’t expect this, the car was disastrous on Friday and we had to work hard.”
“I was trying to get closer, but George did a great job. I had pace on the tyres, but the team called me into the pits,” he said.
Further back, by a wide margin, came in fourth place Charles Leclerc who once again missed the chance to turn a pole into a victory. The Monegasque driver was at least able to keep the faded driver behind Max Verstappen, who finished fifth.
Besides, Lando Norris failed at the start and finished sixth. Carlos Sainz had to settle for seventh place ahead of Sergio “Checo” Perez, which extended its present evil and put its continuity at risk Red Bull.
The Mexican started second but finished eighth with a slower pace than his rivals and with a questionable strategy (he only did 9 laps in his second stint on mediums). In that sense, he made an extra stop two laps from the end to
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