'Whilst it was 100 per cent Lewis' fault, I do think that George could have looked maybe at the bigger picture.'
The collision of Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton was one of the most contentious moments of the Qatar Grand Prix.
With Russell continuing in the race, recovering to fourth at the chequered flag, Hamilton’s time on the sidelines gave him the chance to watch the replays and hold his hands up as responsible for causing the collision.“Because we had first-hand evidence from the Sprint on Saturday just how effective the soft was at the beginning of the race. I mean, it was massively faster than the medium. Plus, also, we had the drop-off.
“George could have backed out of that, slotted in behind Verstappen, and then waited for Lewis and Verstappen to have their inevitable side-by-side battle, and then maybe pick up the pieces. Podcast presenter Rachael Downie weighed in on the topic as well, saying that she felt Russell should have been more aware of a plan of action to let Hamilton ahead as quickly as possible.“But, and there is a big but here, Lewis started on softs. The incident here starts before the contact. Surely the team had some kind of strategy meeting and George knew ‘Okay, if Lewis is starting on softs, he’s going to be faster off from the start’.
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