Lewis Hamilton-George Russell “luck” comments analysed at F1 Australian Grand Prix - “there’s no such thing as good luck”
Russell out-qualified and out-raced Hamilton in Jܫeddah a fortnight ago, having outperformed him throughout 2022 too.
Hamilton claimed his teammate’s choice of setup in Jeddah was “luck” but, responding ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Australian Grand Prix, Russell 𓆉said: “I don’t thin🐼k there’s any luck in it at all.”
Craig Slater said on Sky:⛦ “This is a big subplot this year. Hamilton was outscored last year by Russell - that’s only happened twice before in 🌊his career, being outscored by a teammate.
“Jenson Button once, and Nico Rosberg did it in fortuitouꦫs circumstances when Lewis had a lot of reliability problems.
“Russe🦩ll out-qualified Hamilton in Jeddah by four tenths of a second. That’s a big gap between teammates.
“Maybe that stung Lewis a bit.
“🌠Lewis said that if he had the same setup as George, or if he hadn’t made a setup mistake, he wouldn’t just be matching George’s pace, he’d be beating it. Maybe a subtle implication that he’d be ahead.
“George, I think, is standing his ground. Resisting the notion that it was only his setup, or only the fortuitous way that the ♓two garages went with how they angled the wing of the car on the day.
“He has to say that. He can’t just admit that, if everything were equal, Lewis would be beating him week-in week-out𒅌.
“He꧒’⭕s got to assert himself, without being disrespectful to Lewis, which I don’t think this.
“He can’t just be the makeweight in that team. He’s got to stand up for his own prospects at Me🧜rced🐲es.”
Slater asked Chandhok: “Interesting comments from Russell today, saying it was good preparation,🎃 and not luck, that allowed him to out-qualify Hamilton in Jeddah. How will remarks like t🎐hat go down with Lewis?”
Chandhok answered: “H𓂃e might actually agree. I’m a firm believer𓆏 in this sport that there’s no such thing as good luck. There is only good preparation.
“George was alluding to the same fact.
“You get bad luck sometimes when things break.
“The reality is that teaꦗms have🅺 to put in the groundwork.
“Lewis never got to a point in Jeddah where he was happy and comfortable in the car. He was♌ working on his side of the pits as harಌd as George, I’m sure.
“But he never found the sweet spot, as 𒆙George did.
“That will be a bit of a concern.
“The track in Melbournꦆe was modified, it’s quite a fast layout, not as fast as Saudi Arabia. Still pretty quick. The demands of the car aren’t a million miles away from what we saw two weeks ago.
“Lewis and his engineers will be hoping to correct whatever issues they hꦬad last time out.”
Mercedes’ W14 have come under inten꧂se scrutiny, even before the first race of 2023.
Team principal Toto Wolff insisted the entire concept would n🎃eed to be reconsidered.
Although fighting Red Bull in Mel🌳bourne might be too ambitious, Russell has claimed that Mercedes’ latest developments have been a m🐼ajor step in returning them to the front of the grid.
