Carlos Sainz suggests Mercedes got team order call wrong: “If Lewis Hamilton stayed behind…”
Sainz was embroiled in a tight battle with t⭕he two Mercedes drivers in the latter stages of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Russell was attempting an ambitious one-stop strategy, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and Sainz were on a two-stop, thus were behind on tr🐽ack.
With Hamilton unable to pass Russell, Merceꦐdes intervened to let the seven-time world champion through as Sainz was beginning✅ to pressure both of them.
Sainz quickly dispatched ဣRussell as Mercedes’ call backfired, even when they tried to copy the Spaniard’s DRS🧜 tactic from Singapore.
“I think maybe they had a better chance, honestly speaking, if Lewis would have stayed behind,” S♕ainz said.
“But at the same time I would have tried a move on Lewis because George was very s𝓰low in the Esses, and [Turn] eight and nine.
“So I would have tried into [Turn] 11 or into 13 because they were both very slow there. So we will🎀 never know.”
Sainz admitted he was “laughing” when he saw Hamilton trying to give Russell DRS, like he did with 🌺Norris in Singapore to great effect♈.
“Yeah, I found it [funny], actually,” he added. “I was laughing in the car because I🍰 could see Lewis backing off in 130R to give the DRS to George.
“And I was like, I need t♒o make sure I attack George into the chicane. If I don’t throw him offline, it’s going to be impossible to pass them.
“And I went very deep into the chicane, managed to get a bit of a switch🍌back, and then I used the DRS, slipstream on everything to pass him.
“It was good f🥂un. And yeah, it nearly cost me my𒉰 own position with my own tricks.”
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