Hamilton and teammate George Russell were involved in a lenghty tussle at Suzuka which benefited neither driver
Lewis Hamilton has demanded Mercedes address their tactics when managing the racing between himself and his teammate George Russell after the pair repeatedly vied with one another at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton said it was time Mercedes ensure the pair worked as a team.at the front of the field for Red Bull, Hamilton and Russell were locked in the most lengthy and fractious showdown on track the pair have entered into all season, with both drivers giving no quarter.
Then, late in the race as Russell had to make his tyres go long, the team insisted he swapped places with Hamilton who was behind but quicker on fresher rubber. Russell was not enamoured of the plan but was unequivocally told it was an “instruction”. The switch left both drivers, and especially Russell, vulnerable to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was also on newer tyres and soon passed Russell.
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