Disqualified, George Russell Urges To Win F1 Belgian GP

George Russell failed to become the Belgian GP F1 champion, Sunday, July 28, 2024, after being disqualified due to weighting his car was below the specified threshold. (PlanetF1.com)

JAKARTA The Mercedes driver, George Russell, failed to win the Belgian GP F1 racing series which was held at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit on Sunday afternoon, July 28, 2024. The British racer was disqualified because the weight of the car he was driving was less than the minimum threshold set.

Obviously this is a crushing blow for Russell, who was supposed to win the podium for the first time in this year's racing season. On the scales at the end of the race, the weight of the Mercedes F1 W-15 he was driving was 1.5 kg lighter than the minimum legalized weight.

Of the two post-race scales carried out, Russell's car was recorded at 798 kg. That weight is the minimum allowed in F1 racing. However, in the second scale carried out through the depletion procedure for the remaining fuel, Russell's car was recorded at 796.5 kg.

"Because it is recorded that 1.5 kg is below the minimum weight set in the Technical Regulation of Article 4.1 which is absolutely fulfilled during the competition, this problem is left to the Competition Supervisor," the International Car Racing Federation (FIA) wrote in their official statement.

Russell was finally disqualified. The title of champion was delegated to his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton who finished second. The second place was Oscar Piastri from McLaren, and the third podium became the share of Charles Leclerc who boosted Ferrari.