George Russell fumes at “fundamental” Mercedes error results in Q1 exit

“Having e𒊎nough fuel for the whole session is fund🦄amental, so as a team we made a big error.”

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Hungarian Grand…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell lamented Mercedes' “fundamental error” after he didn't have enough fuel to compete at the end of F1 qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Russell was a surprise early exi🍃t at the Hungaroring as he returned to the pit lane as track conditions improved in Q1.

The Merce𝓰des driver was one of the first drivers ✤back out on track following the red flag period.

After improving up the order, Russell returned to the pit lane as the rest of the field - aside from the Alpin😼es a🔴nd Perez - circulated. 

This proved to be the wrong ♛decision as a number of drivers improv𒈔ed, demoting Russell into the drop-zone.

Russell initially took responsibility for the Q1 exit: "Yeah. Sorry about this session, guys. It's o𒈔n me."

Before voicing his frustration to the team over team radio: "Why are we not putting꧋ eno😼ugh fuel in the car to complete the session?"

Speaking after the session, Russell expla🐷ined the two factors behind his surprise ༒Q1 exit.

“There were two factors - the first was I didn’t do a good enough job at the beginning and that was why I was down in P15,” he said. “And the next one was we put the new tyres on at the end and we didn’t have enough fuel to complete the sess🦩ion.

“We were on track when it was wettest, an꧅d when it was dry we had no fuel. It was a disaster from both aspects. We should have got through comfortably on that last lap but we had no fuel. That was on me for being in that situation in the first place.”

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Hungarian Grand…

Russell will have his work c♏ut out as he looks to recover into the points as he’s set to start f🥀rom 17th.

Addres𒀰sing the lack of fuel, Russell described it as a “fundamental𝔍” error.

“It was not our us🥃ual standard for sure,” he added. “We need to go through it and we need to understand what happened on my side iꦜn the beginning.

“Having enough fuel for🗹 the whole session is fundamental, so a♔s a team we made a big error.”

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