George Russell called his shot and delivered a stunning victory in the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. After pitting on Lap 10, as one of the first drivers at the top of the field to come in for fresh tires, Russell told his team that they could consider making Sunday’s Grand Prix a one-stop race, flying in the face of all conventional wisdom and going against the grain of the rest of the drivers on the grid.
Somehow, Russell managed to last 34 laps on the set of hard tires the team bolted on during that pit stop, holding off teammate Lewis Hamilton to win his second
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