George had no fault!..The team should get a penalty
@charlessukati4866 Says:
The whole thing sucks! Think of the emotions involved in the last lap!
The celebrations and all, only to have everything swept away for this kind of infringement.
Mercedes messed the young man's day
@MeRacko Says:
It obvious what hapend with Perez quali in the rain they had so much more downforce that is why he was 3rd and Max was 0.6sec ahead but in the dry race the pace wasn't that much higher that is why Max was 5th at the line and Perez fell down like a stone
@tobytroubs Says:
That's such an amateur mistake....the weight is such a basic requirement , they have so much telemetry how is this even possible ?
@chrisbryant8317 Says:
George Russell disqualified! No weigh!
@comebackdad3433 Says:
Mercedes cheating again. What a surprise they should be kicked out of F1
@radicaljohn1 Says:
Got to honest it felt very similar to Abu Dhabi in 2021. Lewis was snided by his own team, Toto allowed the strategists to put George in front and not tell Lewis. This will go down has the biggest karma in f1 history. A monumental smack in the face for Toto. Lewis already knew he doesn’t have the same anything has George.For me this is Lewis’s greatest win at Mercedes just purely again for showing his sporting class.
@michaelx3419 Says:
Tiny amount? Around Spa that weight equates to 0.3 seconds per lap, no? Autosport used to be a serious place.
Feel bad for George. He drove an outstanding race. But rules are rules.
@hedgemk1 Says:
Anyone notice toto didn't look happy when Russell won
@Kinetic1971 Says:
When Russell pulled up to his 1st place marker I said to myself why is his tires so clean I knew that was going to be an issue. I think it was a rookie mistake from a non rookie driver, plus I think Toto knew by the look on his face he wasn't so exuberant. They know the rule book.
@leegg2033 Says:
YOU GOT CAUGHT MERCEDES! Mistake, really?
@robertstancer4469 Says:
A view from the UK. can someone enlighten me? Is the car weighed before the race and does it have a full or empty fuel tank. Does it also have a set of fresh tyres too? How do they account for the heavier weight of fresher tyres replaced on a 2 stop strategy and the lighter tyres from a 1 stop strategy? Can some engines burn more fuel in a race than others depending on how they are driven? Did i hear him say it was 1.5kg under weight? "They go around and pick up loose rubber rolled off their tyres during a race to increase the weight of the car for this reason" This so called 'Sport' has been totally and utterly emasculated. It has been robbed of its excitement for the global industries advertised on the cars.
@lambolim2178 Says:
Imagine if Russell had enough gap to pitted on the last lap to gain weight lol
@chidogg93 Says:
10/10 title
@tembosoundsshow9867 Says:
Merc were caught cheating. They even tried living some fuel in the car to mask the fact that King George from King’s Lynn’s car was underweight.
@guyincogneto8979 Says:
So much gift giving....is it Xmas already?
@Aaron-is9xo Says:
You ain’t picking up 1.5killos of rubber
@steveskrobot9496 Says:
The look on Toto's face after chequered flag explains it!
@A.Northernlights Says:
1.5 kgs for a formula1 car ...quicker in the corners ..
@edsimnett Says:
375g is about 3-4% of the weight of the tire (tyre) itself. So fine margins (especially with no marble collection after the race on the in lap). Easy to see how they would have set the weight assuming a tire of n laps, and if you have n+15 laps (that's only 25g of rubber a lap, less than an ounce) then you are light. Presumably Toto realized that he f'ed up by not telling Russell that Russell's strategy call would likely result in the tires being light by the end of the race, and this was a track you can't pick up weight on.
Lots of references on line to the marble collection strategy.
@dodgemf1 Says:
8:20 you call yourselves journalists. DR should have been in Q3 on Saturday, the team screwed his final push in Q2, you know this yet omit it from your on the spot assessment. The team were more than happy with his performance.
@muzzytt Says:
If this was red bull car ƴ y you all would be calling them cheats
@JDeadwyler Says:
Not a George fan but it sucks because I thought he drove a tremendous race especially the last 4 laps, his exit and pickup points coming out of Orouge was amazing, unfortunately the car was deemed not legal..
@ThaiBri Says:
After Lewis did his second pit stop, Merc checked the tyre wear in Hamiltons tires and made the call from that. They knew what they were doing coupled with the lighter car legality.
@AnythingF1-s1p Says:
It was really odd when I saw toto not excited after having a 1-2, at that moment I was thinking something was off
@onioni111111 Says:
He could have drove one more round to celebrate and pick up more debris from the road. Easily 1.5 kg.
@loblolly888 Says:
Spiralled out of control for McLaren? The British media obsession with Lando is ridiculous. Lando self critical again like it is a good trait. How about not making the mistakes that lead to self-criticism? Sure, Piastri made one mistake that may or may not have cost him, but an otherwise flawless race to go from P5 to P2. You do know that McLaren has TWO drivers don't you?
@richy69ify Says:
So what do we all think about Lewis grumpily criticizing his strategy ? "Every stint I had tyres left, but the team pulled me in" . Didn't seem to care that was what kept him ahead of McLaren. Seemed very displeased that George won, giving them a 1-2, but now happy.
@worldcitizen9202 Says:
Weight a minute .... lol .... good one !
@tomsurrey2252 Says:
Did you see Tontos face, when GR won?????? Blank as a sheet of paper so, WHY??? Anyways, I'v had enough of F1, the yanks spoil all sports so, after many decades', of watching this crap, and with the new / more rules coming in 2025... I'll never watch another 'race!' ALSO the farce where Oscar won... really, this isn't racing, anymore! F1? RIP!!!
@anson4741 Says:
Minimum weight in racing is an absolute rule, no argument about that.
@jameskim62 Says:
I didn't see George collecting enough rubber chucks outside the grove on the cool-down lap ???
@khyong9012 Says:
Merc try to cheating… nice try 👍
@CarimboHanky Says:
giving danny ric, checos seat will be rewarding his mediocrizy!
i'd rather have yuki!
@fatmangoboom7722 Says:
What happened? Is they got caught cheating
@awdrpepper Says:
The fact that Hamilton was able to stay in DRS range of Russell, more than likely enabled him to fend off Piastri. Mecerdes is probably fortunate that Hamilton wasnt also penalized... Which is probably why Toto was so contritite in accepting the DQ.
@stevepolius-nx8ip Says:
Mercs playing games on Lewis
An now has bit them in the butt😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Justice served
@divineprinciplesofrelaxtio4441 Says:
This was a very exciting race today and all you people seem to be concerned about is when will Horner get rid of Checo. How about focusing more on the positive things in f1.
@sensibledriver933 Says:
Car should be weighed with a dummy set of wheels to stop this picking up marbles rubbish.
@monstermarc227 Says:
Can’t wait to see this on Drive to Survive lol
@clarkgriffith5705 Says:
I thought Max was just supposed to drive straight through to the front. What happened to the Great Max?
@Dude-etiquette Says:
Russell knew
@stephenoliver1437 Says:
The public know who won race the fia here we go again just look what went on with mclaren last weekend this sport is screwwwed
@DaveMcIroy Says:
FIA bodyshaming
@tmcbride9435 Says:
😂 do we really think he would pick up 2 lbs of debris in a slow victory lap around the track?
@planet_oith Says:
This looks r 6:43 eally bad for the team side of Mercedes. Not letting Lewis in on that strategy before it was too late. What's going on?
@horayman Says:
it would have been better for Russle if he had just pitted a second time...😅
@stormforce7599 Says:
Russell tried to look exciting but he knew that his car was under weight....1.5k is a lot and doing a one stop is just to try and cover the fact that something was wrong.
Mercedes needs a top driver to replace Lewis and Max is currently the first person on that list which they already made it public....therefore Russell is not the future of Mercedes.
@markopolo5123 Says:
Lewis's car was the right weight, Alonso did a 1 stop & his car was legal weight.
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