Mercedes\u00a0insists that its team orders in Formula 1\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix were only about helping Lewis Hamilton, despite him questioning some of its ideas as making \u201cno sense\u201d.\u00a0
While Hamilton was on fresher tyres, there was no immediate call for Russell to move aside for his team-mate – which prompted some frustrations from the seven-time world champion over the radio. relented and asked Russell to move over. But as Hamilton then tried to pull clear, he was asked to back off and keep Russell in DRS range – with the hope being that that could help him defend better against Sainz.
“It is quite difficult to organise the cars live,” he said."When we decided to switch them, it was more when we saw how quick Carlos was coming in behind them, and that Lewis in the middle could have been at risk who was old tyres as well. While Hamilton went with the most popular two-stop, Russell tried to make a one-stop work as his tyre degradation was not disastrous.
While the aggressive approach that its drivers took to battling each other raised some eyebrows, and there were some hard words uttered over team radio, Mercedes has played down any talk of extra friction between Hamilton and Russell.
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