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After losing P6 to Lewis Hamilton, George Russell says he was “ahead the whole race comfortably, and then that was sort of just losing the position for the sake of it”.
After spending the first half of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton, George Russell was called in by the team to pit for fresh tyres in the second half of the race, which ultimately put him behind his team-mate.
George ultimately got a point for fastest lap, but he finished the race in P7, behind Lewis. Obviously believing that he was called in just so the team can get the fastest lap point, George asked the team to let him get P6 back, but they did not ask Lewis to let him by.
Afterwards, George gave his thoughts on the situation.
“As a driver, you want to finish the highest position possible,” he said.
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“And all weekend, I’ve been ahead of my teammate. I was ahead the whole race comfortably, and then that was sort of just losing the position for the sake of it.
“So we’ve got the extra point. As I said, I’m not going to talk about it tonight. It was P6, not for a podium or victory.
“I think we pitted a bit too early, compromised the race slightly on my side of the garage.
“But as a team, we came away from the extra point with the fastest lap,” Russell concluded.
