It was undoubtedly the image of the classification in the Spanish Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton and George Russellthey touched in the middle of Q2. The young pilot closed the seven times world champion in an inexplicable way and they were very close to ending up out due to an absurd movement.
Mercedes has explained what happened. she has done it Andrew Shovlin in statements collected by ‘SoyMotor’. And he assures that it was a simple “misunderstanding”.
“Simply, the pilots were trying to find a car Finishing lap to thus have some slipstream at the beginning of his. The idea was to gain some top speed and thus get that tenth or tenth and a half on the straight to continue with the rest of the lap in clean air”, Shovlin detailed.
“The problem was that the two drivers were looking for the slipstream of Sainz before starting the lap. Lewis got behind him at turn 10 and when George was waiting for someone, because he knew Sainz was coming, did not notice that Lewis was also there…”, he explained.
The team did not give it too much importance: “In Barcelona we were very focused on preparing the race and we don’t care at all about what happened in qualifying. At the factory we have sat down and we will think about the best way not to confuse our drivers again.”
And the result of the race was magnificent. For the first time all year, both riders on the podium. both behind max verstappen. surpassing Checo Perezto the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and the two Aston Martins, Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso.
