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Question: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶'𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲? The tyre allocation for the Barcelona GP weekend was 2 Hards, 3 Mediums, and 8 Softs. Almost 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, opting to save them for the Sunday race. Which means, there was 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘴. It was 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 to decide on the settings, including the front wing angles. Russell's pace was amazing during Qualifying (with Softs) + 1st Race stint (with Mediums). He'd had given precise feedback on his balance during FP, found what worked best for him - and it paid off handsomely. However, setup for his 2nd Race stint was decided by Engineers on his side of the garage. They did NOT manage to find the optimal balance for him like Antonelli's Engineers did, leaving George to fend off with an Understeery car. (He still, however, managed to gain on Hamilton.) 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 on radio how he wanted it changed: by "point 3". He even offered a precise value. However, 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙬 "𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙" 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 "𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙣" at his 2nd pitstop. Russell had 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧 in his 2nd stint, which lasted 24/66 laps. In his 3rd stint, he got a "𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚" that "certainly compromised his pace in the final stages." And he had to manage this setup for the remaining 30/66 laps of the race. When Antonelli emerged from the pits with a primely balanced car, Russell only had a 2 seconds advantage on him. He still managed to hold his teammate off for 𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀. In the last 6 consecutive races, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐰𝐚𝐬.

Is Russell Washed?: a case for George Russell's Race Pace throughout the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix 2026 *No copyright infringement intended. *Feel free to repost on other platforms. Video and audio does get slightly off sync towards the end, apologies.

𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐢 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝟓 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 : the 5th infringement that the FIA official documents are still missing [Lap 30] Antonelli leaves track at Turn 13 (1x speed & 0.25x speed)

와우... 메르세데스도 몰랐을거 Fia가 축하해주네...

2019 rookies

As there seems to be some confusion about the specific violations that amount to the 5 instances, here are images from each violation: Lap 10, Turn 10 (*noted towards end of race) Lap 20, Turn 10 Lap 25, Turn 10 Lap 28, Turn 10 Lap 30, Turn 13 (*currently not reported by the FIA) While there remains a sliver of chance Antonelli's rear left tyre had remained on the white line, drone view images suggest he had left the track and gone fully onto the kerb. It is not understandable why this specific instance had not been at least 'noted' by the stewards during the race.

𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐢 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝟓 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 : the 5th infringement that the FIA official documents are still missing [Lap 30] Antonelli leaves track at Turn 13 (1x speed & 0.25x speed)

Is Russell Washed?: a case for George Russell's Race Pace throughout the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix 2026 *No copyright infringement intended. *Feel free to repost on other platforms. Video and audio does get slightly off sync towards the end, apologies.