George Russell says he has 'zero hard feelings' about being asked to invert positions with Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages of the Japanese GP.
closed in. With Hamilton on fresher tyres and potentially faster than one-stopper Russell, the team agreed to a request from the seven-time world champion to get him in front, leaving Russell to fend off Sainz for as long as he could.
He in turn asked for Hamilton to help his defence by giving him DRS, noting that it was the"least he can do" after"he pushed me off the track earlier". After the flag, Russell said he had no issue with the team orders as the intention was to boost the overall result for Mercedes. "The main goal is to finish P2 in the constructors' championship. The drivers' championship for me is out of the window totally, Lewis is in a good place to fight for a good position.this season, keep on working for next year, so yeah, no issues on my side."George Russell, Mercedes F1 W14"Of course, difficult for the team to judge," Russell noted.
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