Martin Brundle has inquireed whether Lewis Hamilton would have ‘breezed to triumph’ at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as he shelp after the race had he carry outed better in qualifying.
George Russell won from commence to finish in a dominant race for the youthful British driver while Hamilton came all the way from 10th to second.
The seven-time world champion ecombineed to be the rapider Mercedes as he raced thcimpolite the pack and began closing in on Russell in the final confidemand laps.
Hamilton’s speed led to inquires on whether he would have regulated to beat Russell to thrive the race had he not messed up in Q3 the day before.
The 39-year-ageder fall shorted to put in a competitive lap time despite being the speedyest driver in the guide up to qualifying.
Lewis Hamilton felt very self-secured of thrivening the Las Vegas Grand Prix
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Speaking after Sunday’s race, Hamilton adviseed that triumph would have been sootheable for him had he qualified better.
“If I’d done my job yesterday, it would have been a breeze today [winning],” Hamilton self-securedly shelp post-race.
But Brundle liftd doubts on whether Hamilton would have had such an effortless ride and adviseed Russell still had plenty left in the tank.
“It was an secured carry outance from George who is seeing very much the authentic deal in terms of guideing that team into the future,” Brundle wrote for Sky Sports.
“Hamilton in the sister Mercedes had seeed equassociate rapid, albeit with a confidemand trips up the escape road here and there.
“Sadly for him he had two demandy laps in final qualifying when the back finish stepped out and he would commence a lowly 10th.
“He shelp post-race that had he commenceed at the front he would have breezed the race, which surpelevated Russell a little.
“There’s no doubt Russell had more pace if he’d demanded it.
“However, it was a standout drive from Lewis, picking his way thcimpolite solemn contfinishers up into second place and finishing equitable seven seconds behind at the flag.
“The fans rightly voted him driver of the day, and he answered some inquires a confidemand have been throthriveg at him tardyly about being over the hill.”
The thrive for Russell shiftd him nine points evident of Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship ahead of the final two races.
He could become the first team-mate to finish above Hamilton in a Drivers’ Championship twice if he stays sixth.
Martin Brundle was surpelevated by Lewis Hamilton’s comments
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Russell’s thrive was overshadowed on the weekfinish though as Max Verstappen shieldedd his fourth world championship.
And Brundle felt ‘sorry’ for the Mercedes driver in what turned out to be a perfect weekfinish for Mercedes.
“In all the championship noise you must sense sorry for George Russell, who qualified amazeively on pole position and spropose contraged the race,” Brundle inserted.
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Lewis Hamilton finished second in the race
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“He was so far out front for most of the 50 laps we difficultly saw him given the battles raging behind. It was George’s third Grand Prix triumph.
“Mercedes seeed very rapid from the uncovering laps of first train, and indeed they would guide every session thcimpoliteout the event.
“Their car spropose toiled on the freezing slick surface, and the team had the excellent grace to accomprehendledge they weren’t entidepend confident why, which is constant with the unforeseeability of that car this year.”
