Toto Wolff comments on George Russell’s possible disqualification

George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix victory celebration didn’t last long, as his car was soon found to be under weight.

The issue is now being discussed by the stewards, and if a breach is confirmed, George could be disqualified from the race and Lewis Hamilton would be declared the winner.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has now given his comments on the situation.

“It’s been reported to the stewards that there was a weight discrepancy,” the Austrian said.

“We will see what the stewards decide. I can’t comment because the stewards haven’t said their verdict but I would suspect it’s because we ran one tyre throughout [most of] the race.

“You have to take it on the chin. If the stewards decide against ourselves, a mistake has happened.

“A one-two would have been a great result going into the summer break, it couldn’t be any better.

“The positives from this race is we had two cars that were the benchmark with two different strategies and who could have said that a few months ago,” Wolff concluded.