Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has heaped praise on Carlos Sainz for his “clever move” to keep Lando Norris in DRS range to protect him from the fast-charging Mercedes pair.
Russell and Hamilton closed the leaders down, challenging Lando Norris for second in the closing five laps.
Russell was unable to overtake Norris because Sainz, who had the race lead, deliberately backed off to give his former teammate DRS and a crucial top-speed advantage to keep the position. Had he not done that, it’s likely Russell would have breezed past Norris before taking the win off Sainz.“It was the idea of Carlos,” Vasseur said.. “I don't want to say it's obvious, but he knew he was more at risk with Mercedes than with Norris.“With Norris we had the same tyres, and almost the same pace from the lap one. We were not really at risk with Norris except if we lost the tyres, so it was a clever move from Carlos to keep Norris into the DRS.
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