Mercedes explained Russell's loss of positions at the start.
At the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix, George Russell lost positions and fell to the back of the pack. Mercedes team deputy principal Bradley Lord stated that the incident was not the driver's fault, and he lost positions due to the anti-stall system activating, which protects the engine from stalling.
Bradley Lord: "Everyone saw that the anti-stall system activated after the start, and because of that, George found himself at the back of the pack. The question is, why did this happen?
Before the start, drivers maintain what are called starting revs – the engine must operate at a certain level of revolutions. While George was doing this, the engine revs began to rise more than corresponded to the degree of pressure on the throttle pedal.
The revs reached the limiter, that is, the maximum value that the engine allows at that moment. After that, George tried to regain control to optimize the start. He was unable to do this, and at the moment he fully released the throttle pedal, leaving less than 10% of its travel, the starting lights went out.
As a result, he started the race with the throttle almost fully released, although this was not his fault. Therefore, the anti-stall system activated, and George ended up at the back of the pack.
During the first segment, he overtook opponents one after another, but at the end of the race, he was unlucky with the timing of the virtual safety car activation. This mode was activated just a lap after his second pit stop.
If George had been able to make a "free" pit stop under the virtual safety car, he could have finished higher than the seventh place he ultimately took."
George Russell went on summer break in third place in the individual standings, 59 points behind leader Kimi Antonelli.
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