{"id":294718,"date":"2023-11-09T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294718"},"modified":"2023-11-09T09:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T09:53:53","slug":"george-russell-given-boost-for-las-vegas-gp-as-penalty-nightmare-avoided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/george-russell-given-boost-for-las-vegas-gp-as-penalty-nightmare-avoided\/","title":{"rendered":"George Russell given boost for Las Vegas GP as penalty nightmare avoided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/George-Russell-Mercedes-5056766.jpg?r=1699523343780\"><\/p>\n<p>George Russell will be starting the Las Vegas Grand Prix next weekend with a fresh power unit, but crucially he won\u2019t have to take a five-place grid penalty for a component change as this is within his season allocation.<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes driver was forced to retire during the latter stages of the Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend as his W14 was struggling with engine cooling issues. This could have proved a terminal issue with that particular power unit already at the end of its life cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russell had stated his worries about facing an engine penalty for the trip to Las Vegas next weekend. The 25-year-old was on the back foot from the early stages of the season in terms of power unit allocations after his Mercedes started spitting flames at the Australian Grand Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes\u2019 head of trackside performance Riccardo Musconi has, however, provided a reassuring update on the situation. &#8220;The power unit used in Interlagos was meant to be its last weekend,&#8221; he explained in a video address to fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive F1 news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Sergio Perez tactic to save Red Bull gig as Christian Horner outlines &#8216;boost'[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To avoid a possible fire and damage to other parts of the car, the logical conclusion was to retire the car. He will be on a different power unit for the final two races so there is no issue from that point of view.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Russell may be free of engine penalties for the Las Vegas GP, there are still plenty of things to worry about in the Mercedes camp. The legendary constructor were extremely disappointing in their performance at Interlagos with Lewis Hamilton taking the chequered flag down in P8 and his team-mate running on the fringes of the top ten prior to his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Sky Sports F1<\/em> after the disaster in Sao Paulo, Russell explained: \u201cClearly we got something wrong this weekend. Still, we\u2019re not too sure what that is as yet, but the pace just hadn\u2019t been there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <strong> More F1&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Max Verstappen shares what could make him quit F1 in retirement threat to bosses[VERSTAPPEN] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc snubbed as Red Bull fear Lando Norris threat[HAMILTON] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Ferrari &#8216;face Leclerc battle&#8217; as details emerge on private chat with entourage[FERRARI] <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/Mercedes-Brazil-5056845.jpg?r=1699523343986\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought yesterday may have been a one-off, but clearly, it wasn\u2019t, so we need to regroup and try to understand it. 12 months ago this was our strongest race of the year, 12 months later it\u2019s by far our weakest race of the year, so very strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car was just slow this weekend. The tyres were sliding around and I think what we were doing was the maximum. Something doesn\u2019t quite add up, you just don\u2019t suddenly lose a second\u2019s worth of performance and go from a podium-fighting car to just fighting for points.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/f1-autosport\/1833089\/George-Russell-Las-Vegas-GP-penalty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>George Russell will be starting the Las Vegas Grand Prix next weekend with a fresh power unit, but crucially he won\u2019t have to take a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/george-russell-given-boost-for-las-vegas-gp-as-penalty-nightmare-avoided\/\" title=\"George Russell given boost for Las Vegas GP as penalty nightmare avoided\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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