A Big prize that has slightly changed the balance within a team that has lived on for years certainties, as well as a domain undisputed. We are talking about the Mercedes, which a Sakhir he had to give up on Lewis Hamilton I stop for Coronavirus, but has discovered a great George Russell. The young Englishman, an occasional substitute for the seven-time world champion, has long dominated the race having to give up a well-deserved victory only due to unfortunate circumstances. And the question that many have asked themselves in these hours is: how he experienced the exploit of the young colleague that Lewis Hamilton forced to stop?
A question to which he answered in an honest as well as frank way Toto Wolff, Mercedes team principal, in an interview with ‘Sky Deutschland’: “Surely if an emerging driver drives the car with which you won the world title, this fact does not lead you to jump for joy“.
A Hamilton then concretely worried since Russell’s boom, by the admission of his own boss. Which contextually also illustrated the possibilities that the Anglo-Caribbean face back to the wheel on the occasion of the last championship round of the season ad Abu Dhabi.
“The situation is clearly delicate, because Lewis is not at his house but lying on the bed in a hotel room. This is not pleasant. But I think it is on the right path to return, ”explained Wolff.
“If recovery times comply with doctors’ directions, it could turn out negative Thursday or Friday“, Added the number one of the Mercedes team.
Times however very tight, which would lead Hamilton to show up in Abu Dhabi anyway very late, even at best.
And Russell, meanwhile, paws.
OMNISPORT | 07-12-2020 23:32
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