Lewis Hamilton and George Russell block each other in F1 Belgian Grand Prix sprint shootout finale
Neither of the Mercedes drivers were able to improve their lap time as a result, leaving Hamil꧋ton seventh and Russell 10th.
Russell appeared to lock up at Turn One,🍒 so Hamilton needed to avoid running into his teammat♛e.
Hamilton was forced to lift off on the Kemmel Strꦇaight before overt🎃aking Russell shortly after.
R🌺ed Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed pole position for Saturday afternoon’s sprint race, followed by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri then Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Hamilton asked via ☂team radio: “How much are we do♕wn?”
His race engineer replied: “P7. Eight tenths to Verstappen.🌼”
Ha🧸milton then said: “Yeah, it doesn’t help when you’re held up.”
James was a sports journalist 🦹at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to▨ F1.
