Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton advised his teammate George Russell to ‘keep his head up’ after the latter was stripped of his Belgian GP win by the FIA race stewards. The young British driver caught everyone by surprise after he pulled off an unlikely one-stopper to cross the line in first position at the Spa-Francorchamps track on Sunday.
Starting the race from P6, Russell was never in contention for the race win as he did not have the pace of his seven-time world champion teammate in dry conditions. However, he was able to use his 34-lap old tires to claim an unlikely win, which was later stripped from him as he got disqualified due to his W15 being 1.5kg underweight.
George Russell expressed his disappointment via his social media platform and said:
“Heartbreaking… We came in 1.5kg underweight and have been disqualified from the race. We left it all on the track today and I take pride in crossing the line first. There will be more to come.”
Lewis Hamilton graciously commented on Russell’s post and gave some positive words of affirmation, replying:
“Keep your head up, there will be many more great moments for you ahead. Let’s keep pushing.
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