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George Russell attended the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix Thursday Drivers’ Press Conference. Here is the full transcript!
Lewis Hamilton says “it affects all of us when one car doesn’t finish”, and adds he “went away on my holiday and I didn’t feel like I won a race”.
Toto Wolff says if the Belgian GP had lasted for one more lap, the team would have considered asking George Russell to let Lewis Hamilton through.
Mercedes’ Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin explains how George Russell’s car could have lost “quite a bit of weight” at the Belgian GP.
George Russell says “if the season started in Montreal, the championship standings would be looking very, very different”.
Lewis and George discuss the changes Mercedes has made from Friday to Saturday, which made a “night and day” difference at the Belgian GP.
Lewis says he has “mixed feelings” about his inherited Belgian GP victory, and adds: “I feel for George and it’s disappointing for the team not to get the 1-2.”
Toto Wolff says Lewis’ pit stop decisions were made to prevent an undercut, while George “had nothing to lose” so he was put on a one-stop strategy.
Here is the transcript of the post 2024 Belgian Grand Prix track interviews and press conference featuring Lewis Hamilton and George Russell!
Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Toto Wolff and Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin give their comments on the Belgian GP.
