George Russell was frustrated on Saturday after the Qatar Grand Prix Sprint race. Second on the grid, the Briton was surprised by Oscar Piastri at the start and found himself trapped by McLaren's team strategy. Lando Norris, in the lead, deliberately slowed down in order to give his DRS to the Australian, who ended up winning after a gift from his teammate.
This Sunday, the driver of the No. 63 Mercedes will start from pole position. Second in qualifying, he benefited from the penalty from Max Verstappen (Red Bull) to inherit the leading position on the starting grid. “ I hope we can have a real race rather than following these team instructions, Russell said after the session. It will be a good race. I think we'll all go for it. »
« It's really good that Max is in this too, added the pole sitter. I was really surprised by their turnaround because they seemed really late yesterday and this morning. They were obviously both in Q3 and Max on pole, so I think we have a good race on our hands. »
Meet at 5 p.m. for the start of the Qatar Grand Prix, to be followed live with commentary on AUTOhebdo.fr.
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