Speaking about the 0.078 seconds gap between them as they lined up fifth and seventh, Hamilton was eager to suggest that he never had any realistic chance of beating Russell because of their different-specification cars. “The team have worked really hard back at the factory to bring an upgrade in the last two races and also an upgrade this weekend - but we only had one, which George has,” he told Sky.
After all, Russell is remaining with the team next year while Hamilton has already decided to move on and join Ferrari. However, the reality of how Mercedes chose which driver ran the wing was not a matter of picking one over the other. Instead, Motorsport.com understands that, with the team aware it would have only one version of the wing, the option of running the new wing was given to both drivers. And it emerged that Hamilton made clear that he preferred not to go with it.
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