George Russell slates Mercedes strategy at F1 Dutch Grand Prix: “How did we mess this up?”
Russell stayed out on soft tyres when the 🦩rain fell in the early stages at Zandvoort, allowing him to lead the race ahead of Land♐o Norris.
Sergio Per𓆉ez and Max Verstap🦩pen had pitted for intermediate tyres shortly before.
Russell’s teammate Lewis Hamilton, who also did not pitܫ, said via his team radio: "We should've come in man, it is very ওwet.”
The reply was: "We're going t🌳o stay out. We're going to have to brave this.”
Russell eventually pitted after꧋ 11 laps, losing tꦯhe lead and re-emerging in 18th.
And he wasn’t happy.
"I was fore𒈔cast a potential 🅷podium,” he raged to his race engineer.
“How did we mess this up?”
He battled back to eighth by the 66th lap but his race ended early witꦗh a retirement to the pits.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decadeℱ covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
