Mike Elliott explains why the team didn’t ask George Russell to move over for Lewis Hamilton at the Saudi Arabian GP, even though Lewis was on a quicker tyre.
In Mercedes’ 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix debrief video, Technical Director Mike Elliott talks team orders, strategy, Fernando Alonso’s penalty, and more!
Toto Wolff says “if we cannot demonstrate that we’re able to give” Lewis Hamilton “a car in the next couple of years, then he needs to look everywhere”.
Nico Rosberg talks about the intra-team battle between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, and says “if there is someone that can beat George – it is Lewis”.
Ted Kravitz says “lots of people will be looking at the Red Bull and saying how are they able to gain nearly 20 miles an hour advantage on that straight than anyone else?”
Russell says “the gap to the rest of the field is the biggest since Mercedes in 2014”, and “everyone needs to work harder to understand how to close that gap”.