Ex-F1 Driver Calls Lewis Hamilton’s Notorious Tactics Against Teammate George Russell Into Question: “Didn’t Receive the Same Courtesy”

Former F1 racer, and sport pundit at Sky Sports, Martin, Brundle, made bold claims in regard to the Mercedes boys. He claimed that the way the Mexican Grand Prix went down, the teamwork between the Silver Arrow boys, was unbalanced in many ways.

George Russell evidently has outperformed Lewis Hamilton this entire season. The qualifying session was no different. Russell, overqualified by 5000th of a second, putting him in prime position to battle Red Bull golden boy, Max Verstappen.

However, on the race day, Brundle claims that the seven time world champ did not extend a similar courtesy to his teammate.

At the beginning of the race, knowing his incoming competition, Max moved toward the dirty line of the track to block any move, which caught Russell in a slipstream with teammate, Hamilton, who was just behind him. Russell moved wide for the racing line, whilst teammate Lewis stayed on the inside trying to make moves going into the next chicane.

Russell had no option but to yield to his Silver Arrow teammate, Lewis. This forced him to drive over a bump on a corner at turn three. It led to Russell facing immense pressure from Sergio Perez.

Brundle took to Sky sports column to point out the lack of fairness. He wrote, “Having had a few skirmishes recently, not least seven days earlier in Austin, George was generous with space on the inside of turn one for his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and again in turn two.”

“But didn’t receive the same courtesy swinging right through turn three as he was squeezed wide and bounced over the kerb.”

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Brundle also delved into depths of the strategies Red Bull, and Mercedes executed on the race day.

Martin Brundle stated that lack of test time cost Mercedes the race

Brundle shed light on the different approach of both the teams, Red Bull and Mercedes, made for the Mexican Grand Prix.

He said that Mercedes strategy was heavy on the medium compound tyres, as were Red Bull’s. However, the way the two teams planned on executing the same, had varying results. He believes the lack of test time that Mercedes got with their hard compound tyres ultimately cost them.

He wrote, “Red Bull would pit Perez on lap 23 for medium tyres and similarly Verstappen on lap 25. This left Mercedes out front and two big questions. How far could Mercedes go at a competitive pace on their original medium tyres, and could Red Bull possibly get to the end of the race on their freshly fitted medium tyres some 48 laps away?”

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What are your thoughts on Mercedes’ performance in Mexico City? Was the tussle between the Mercedes boys fair play after all?