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George Russell has set the record straight on Mercedes ’ upgrade drama at the Monaco Grand Prix, claiming Lewis Hamilton was “happy” to let him run an updated front wing after snubbing a coin toss.for the seventh time in eight races in F1 2024 to claim fifth on the grid in Monaco, with Max Verstappen’s Red Bull splitting the Mercedes team-mates.
He said: “There was one front wing this weekend and it was agreed on Tuesday that we’d do a coin toss and see who got it. Put to him that Hamilton did not even want to take the coin toss, Russell replied: “No, we didn’t do the coin toss.” But he conceded that team and driver were both likely to face “new and challenging situations” over the course of F1 2024.
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