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Tyre wear: The potential culprit behind Russell's disqualification
© XPB Phillip van Osten
29/07/2024 at 09:2129/07/2024 at 09:38 George Russell’s dramatic disqualification from Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix for an underweight car has prompted an intense search for answers in the Mercedes camp, and a theory that the Briton’s stroke of genius was also the very cause of his downfall. Mercedes, bewildered by the unexpected outcome, is meticulously examining every facet of the race weekend to uncover the root cause of why Russell’s car was 1.5kg under F1’s weight limit after Sunday’s race at Spa-Francorchamps. One assumption, initially met with skepticism but which quickly gained traction on Sunday evening, was that excessive tyre wear...
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