Massive blow for Russell, claims Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff as he opens up on the Briton's disqualification
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff insists his outfit accepts the disqualification of George Russell from the Belgian Grand Prix, but he urged the Brackley-based squad to learn from the incident.
Mercedes driver George Russell took his third career win in Formula One at Spa, but the Briton was later disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix after his car failed to reach the minimum weight.
Russell's disqualification means that his team-mate Lewis Hamilton inherited the Spa F1 victory.
Commenting on the decison, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff noted: "We have to take our disqualification on the chin.
"We have clearly made a mistake and need to ensure we learn from it. We will go away, evaluate what happened and understand what went wrong.
"To lose a 1-2 is frustrating and we can only apologise to George who drove such a strong race. Lewis is of course promoted to P1; he was the fastest guy on the two-stop and is a deserving winner.
"Despite the disqualification, there are many positives we can take from this weekend. We had a car that was the benchmark in today's race across two different strategies. Only a few months ago, that would have been inconceivable.
"We head into the summer break having won three of the past four races. We will look to come back after shutdown rejuvenated and with the aim of maintaining our positive trajectory."
