George Russell’s “Sh*t Show” Hailed as Blessing in Disguise for Lewis Hamilton by Ex Ferrari Boss

Nature has produced a Max Verstappen for every Lewis Hamilton to break the record. However, if the will persists with an unwavering focus, destiny will unquestionably give you what you deserve. This is exactly what unfolded during Lewis Hamilton’s qualifying run at the Hungaroring. Following numerous failed attempts to win the pole, Hamilton ultimately ended the barren streak, which had lasted 33 races, and he did so in a spectacular fashion. Nevertheless, even though the Mercedes ace and his admirers yelled at the top of their lungs last night, a former Ferrari boss said the event was only a blessing in disguise that played to Lewis Hamilton’s advantage as a result of George Russell‘s sh*t show.

Mirroring the outcomes of Practice 3, Lewis Hamilton overcame Max Verstappen to take the pole position for104th time. He accomplished this on one of his favorite tracks, where, in addition to yesterday’s pole position, he also held the honor eight more times. Although Hamilton’s pole position remained a major focus of the evening, the other Mercedes driver did also receive attention, but for wrong reasons.

Even though Mercedes were still fist-pumping the air in glee after Hamilton won the pole, Russell’s elimination in Q1 due to the erroneous strategic decision to send him on a flying lap at the back of the grid was a punch in the gut for the Silver Arrows. As a result, the young British driver lost his tire temperature and was overtaken by numerous other motorists in the final sector, finishing in P18.

On his YouTube channel, the former Ferrari boss Peter Windsor referred to this terrible display as Lewis Hamilton’s “blessing in disguise.” He said, “George Russell didn’t do and that would have given although they’ll never talk about this that would have given Lewis a slight Philip here he was again the team leader at Mercedes with the team on his shoulders the responsibility to do the job George hadn’t got through horrendous traffic jams.”

Later Windsor elaborated, “Going into the last Corner as they all lined up to try to do a quick lap at the end of Q1 on the hard tire, and George just got totally messed up by the traffic never got in a quick lap on that second run that second set of tires so that was Lewis with that responsibility and you could see that he was just enjoying every millisecond of what this is all about because around Hungary very few fast corners, not many places where the back end of that car is going to surprise you.”

While wrapping up the conversation he added, “If you can get a reasonable balance and everybody’s kind of hunting in the dark Anyway by having to go to different compounds in all three qualifying sessions and as I say plunging in the dark to some extent, it is actually The Perfect Storm for Lewis Hamilton and he did it beautifully he looked superb on the circuit.”

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Lewis Hamilton initially during this season complained about the team and how the car wasn’t the one that worked well with him. And now that George Russell has been struck several times, it appears to be the water is going over his head as Russell decides to fire shots at the Silver Arrows.

Following Lewis Hamilton’s pole at the Budapest Qualifying George Russell slams the Silver Arrows over the incorrect call

George Russell’s performance in the Mercedes W-13 last season allowed him to surpass Lewis Hamilton for the entire campaign. However, this time, Hamilton seems good in the W14, as seen by some back-to-back podium finishes and his recent claim of the season’s debut pole position.

Russell, though, appeared to have been used as bait in order to grab that pole since he ended up in P18. Following the strategic decision, George Russell was seen yelling angrily on the radio. nevertheless appears that Russell’s rage didn’t stop there since he was subsequently caught firing at Mercedes for their mistakes.

As per Mirror, the young Briton expressed his disappointment by saying, “It’s disappointing because we didn’t need to take so many risks. It’s rare we make these kind of mistakes. It’s what you deserve, I guess if you don’t do things right.”

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Do you think Hamilton’s pole was a fluke or a sheer display of talent?