Lewis Hamilton and George Russell block each other in F1 Belgian Grand Prix sprint shootout finale
Nei♌ther of the Mercedes drivers were able to improve their lap time as a result, leaving Hamilton seventh and Russell 10th.
Russell appeared tꦯo lock up at Turn One, so Hamilton needed to avoid runnin✤g into his teammate.
Hamilton was forced to lift off on th🅷e Kemmel Straight before overtaking Ru♑ssell shortly after.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed pole position for Saturday afternoon’s sprint r🦹ace, followed by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri then Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Hamilton asked via team radio: “How much🎉 are we down?”
His race e🌟ngineer replied: “P7. Eight tenths to Verstappen.”
Hamilton then said: “Yeah, it doesn’t help wheღn you’re held up.”
James was a sports journali🐭st at Sky Sports for a decadꦓe covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
