Russell stripped of a third career win in F1 after his Mercedes car is found to be underweight
Lewis Hamilton was handed one of the most dramatic victories of his career at the Belgian Grand Prix after Mercedes team-mate George Russell was disqualified for an illegal car.
But two and a half hours after the chequered flag fell at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, and with both Hamilton and Russell already heading back home to Monaco, the latter was thrown out of the official result. Russell’s Mercedes was found to be 1.5 kilograms underweight. “We have to learn from that. As a team there were positives but for George it is a massive blow for it to be taken away. He is going to win more.”
A report from the FIA’s technical delegate Jo Bauer published at 17:50 local time spelled doom for the Englishman.
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