George Russell slates Mercedes strategy at F1 Dutch Grand Prix: “How did we mess this up?”
Russel൩l stayed out on soft tyres when the rain fell in the early stages at 👍Zandvoort, allowing him to lead the race ahead of Lando Norris.
Sergio Perez and Max Versta🐠ppen had pitted for intermediate tyres shortly before.
Russell’s teammate Lewis Hamilton, who also did not pit, said via his team radio: "We should've come in man, itꦍ is very wet.”
The reply was: "We're going to stay out. We're going to have to b🔯rave this.”
Russell eventually pitted after 11 laps, losi൩ng the lead🎉 and re-emerging in 18th.
And he wasn’t happy.
"I was forecastꦕ a potential podiu🐓m,” he raged to his race engineer.
“How did we mess this up?”
He ba🙈ttled back to eighth by the 66th lap but his race ended early with a retirement to the pits.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to footba🉐ll, to F1.
