George Russell was forced to give up sixth position to Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as the Brit was told to pit for fresh tyres
Ted Kravitz told George Russell 's parents he deserves a bonus from Mercedes for his selfless actions.
Despite querying the situation with the Mercedes engineers, he was informed he wouldn't regain that position when returning to the track - forcing him to settle for six points in the drivers' championship instead of a possible eight. Discussing the incident on Ted's Race Notebook, Kravitz said: "I would suggest if I was Mercedes, I would give George some kind of bonus, and a sort of thank you very much present for sacrificing the glorious P6 and getting the fastest lap for the team."
Russell played down the situation, telling Sky in his post-race debrief: "You're never going to be happy with P6 and P7. At the end of the day, as a team we scored an extra point. I lost my position to Lewis but I'm not going to sulk over losing a P6."
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