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[koki @kokiq6319]

If it weren't for you guys, George wouldn't have to work this hard just to chase points. Look at this top speed – it's practically a joke. So, have you decided when you're going to fix the car and when to give him a new PU, or are you planning to keep playing dumb?

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

Battling for every point, the fight continues ⚔️

[Mexico Grand Prix 🇲🇽 @mexicogp]

En Zandvoort, George Russell alcanza el podio #30 de su carrera. 💪🏻 🩵 Definitivamente, uno de los pilotos más consistentes de la parrilla en los últimos años.

#Formula1 #F1 #DutchGP

[koki @kokiq6319]

Congratulations to George on securing P3 and his 30th podium finish! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Perfect defending – you showed us what true sportsmanship really is. Keep pushing, and see you in Italy! 🩵

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

Dutch debrief 🙌

George and Kimi give you the rundown post-race!

[koki @kokiq6319]

Why does Toto suddenly start pretending like a fake actor the moment his son‑in‑law’s spot is safe? We all see your real face on the podium and whenever George is out front.

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

The Boss had plenty of admiration for George's effort 👌

[koki @kokiq6319]

God-like defending and racing line, but the team is absolute shit.

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

Minister of defence ⚔️

[koki @kokiq6319]

this damn car still isn't fixed. Why do problems that didn't show up in the sprint race all come out during the main race? When will the straight-line speed issue be solved? The next stop is Italy—why is only one person changing the PU?

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

A chaotic race to end the Dutch GP weekend!

Write your questions below for this week’s Akkodis debrief 👇

[셀버트 @uruptosmth]

George Russell AGAIN had
Energy Deployment issues in the early laps of the Dutch GP Race

in Lap 7, Russell's Race Engineer informs him:
"okay, so energy management looks to have sorted itself out now, George."

the "energy management" issue had allowed Piastri a nearly free overtake in Lap 5.

This is the 5th consecutive GP where Russell had Energy Deployment issues😅

WHEN WILL MERCEDES EVER FIX RUSSELL'S CAR COMPLETELY?

Why did this problem suddenly reappear for the first laps of the Race, when deployment looked to have FINALLY been solved for Qualifying?

When will Mercedes take proper accountability for messing up Russell's race starts & early laps? Which are always the MOST CRITICAL?
They gifted him a DNF in his 1st lap in Spa, an anti-stall and no boost in the early laps of Hungary, now another deployment issue in the early laps of the Dutch GP - where Russell's RIS lights showed him harvesting all through the high-speed corners.

The consequences of these early laps are ENORMOUS - but without taking accountability for their role in disadvantaging Russell yet again,
Mercedes had issued Russell a Team Order,
then CANCELLED Team Orders that would protect Russell for no reason at all,
leaving him to fend off the Ferraris on new Softs with his ancient Hard tyres - which, though nearly impossible, he actually achieved through his amazing defense.

Imagine what we would see if he is finally given a problem-free car - or, I suppose, we could simply look to this week's Sprint as an example.

[koki @kokiq6319]

Also, huge congratulations again to George! This is your 30th career podium 🏆 You're truly amazing and absolutely brilliant 🩵

[koki @kokiq6319]

Shame on you Mercedes! Not only have you failed to fix the car's straight-line speed issue, but you also made George give way when you knew full well that #12 couldn't close the gap to Norris. In the final laps, George held off two Ferraris on old hard tyres, but what's the difference between this shameless behavior of yours and just abandoning him? Today's podium was all down to George himself—Mercedes just wanted to manufacture points for #12.

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

Dutch debrief 🙌

George and Kimi give you the rundown post-race!

[koki @kokiq6319]

What a stunning undercut, and holding off two Ferraris on softs with those old hard tyres in the final stint!!! George, you are absolutely brilliant, what an incredible job!!!

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

Strong weekend overall with the sprint win and P3 today 🏆 Thanks Zandvoort for a cool last race 🙌

[koki @kokiq6319]

@GeorgeRussell63 What a stunning undercut, and holding off two Ferraris on softs with those old hard tyres in the final stint!!! George, you are absolutely brilliant, what an incredible job!!!

[koki @kokiq6319]

🩵

[| ⁶³ | Pav | @pviiig7]

I am genuinely very angry BUT the fact that George on his old hards that he pitted at Lap 41 was able to defend it from Lewis who was on new softs is just mighty impressive.

He played the team game, but at least he was able to defend well that he is in the podium place! It was very impressive.

I am angry but ik my GOAT can do it! 🥹🩵

[koki @kokiq6319]

Never in my life have I seen a more disgusting team than Mercedes. You made George give way to 12 – and what did 12 do? Did he get past Norris? No. Absolutely nothing came of it except widening the points gap between George and 12. So this is all about force‑feeding your precious 'son‑in‑law' a fake title, isn't it?

[Mercedes-AMG Passion Club @MercedesAMGPCF1]

Double Podium 🇳🇱

P2 P3👊

[koki @kokiq6319]

You constantly preach 'team first' to the public. Don't listen to what Toto says – watch what they actually do. I don't see Mercedes doing a single thing for the team's benefit. All I see is them prioritizing 12's personal interests – just to lock in P2 for him. We were easily looking at a P2‑P3 finish, but just for 12's P2, they deliberately planned to drop George all the way to P4 or P5. George was brilliant, using old hard tyres to hold off much newer soft tyres – but that doesn't give the team any right to sacrifice him outright for a teammate's personal gain.

[Mercedes-AMG Passion Club @MercedesAMGPCF1]

🚨 Toto speaking to Sky Sports F1:

🗣️"It seemed that we had the pace to win the race but then for unclear reasons we lost so much performance on both cars, probably even more on Kimi, and then couldn't hold the position to Norris.

"So finishing second and third is a damage limitation I would say. We had a free stop with Kimi - a team internal free stop - and George was incredibly at the end fighting and also fending off the Ferraris who were on a much quicker car was really, really exceptional."

"That looks difficult on the outside but not on the inside. It's a situation we discussed very often, also today in the morning 'we're not going to lose time fighting with each other and have two Ferraris breathing down our neck'.

"So it would have been the other way around exactly the same. It plays no role who is ahead in the championship or not, it's just about protecting the best possible positions."

[koki @kokiq6319]

And also, this damn car still isn't fixed. Why do problems that didn't show up in the sprint race all come out during the main race? When will the straight-line speed issue be solved? The next stop is Italy—why is only one person changing the PU?

[Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team @MercedesAMGF1]

P2 🤝 P3

What a performance from our drivers today 🩵

[koki @kokiq6319]

So in a sense, do you think that even if the 12 car switched to softs, it couldn't hold off the Ferrari behind, so you sacrificed George to pave the way for 12? And in the last 6 laps, the 12 car only closed 0.5 seconds on Norris, who was on old hard tires—so did you know 12 wasn't up to it and asked George to swap positions?

[Mercedes-AMG Passion Club @MercedesAMGPCF1]

Decent weekend

Upgrades 🔜

[Mercedes-AMG Passion Club @MercedesAMGPCF1]

Decent weekend

Upgrades 🔜

[koki @kokiq6319]

Toto's not even hiding it anymore—admitting from the start he never really wanted AKA to chase LN. So what was the pit stop for, if not crystal clear? Either to hand AKA a free position, or because he figured AKA couldn't hold off two Ferraris, or both.

[Info George Russell 🇧🇷 @inforussellbr]

🗣️ | Toto Wolff: “Parecia que tínhamos ritmo para vencer a corrida, mas então, por razões que não estão claras, perdemos muita performance nos dois carros, provavelmente ainda mais no Kimi, e então não conseguimos manter a posição à frente do Norris.”

“Então, terminar em segundo e terceiro é, eu diria, uma limitação de danos. Tivemos uma parada grátis com o Kimi, uma parada grátis dentro da própria equipe, e o George foi incrível no final, também lutando e se defendendo das Ferraris, que estavam com pneus muito mais novos e um carro mais rápido. Foi realmente, realmente excepcional.”

Sobre a troca de posições no final da prova:

“Não, não acho que o Norris estivesse nem perto de ser alcançado. Era simplesmente a maneira mais segura em termos de pontuação. Talvez você pudesse ter deixado o Kimi no modo de ultrapassagem, mas, novamente, estaria arriscando demais. Você tinha duas Ferraris em cima de vocês. Então, sim, foram algumas decisões difíceis, mas elas precisam ser tomadas quando você quer lutar pelo campeonato de construtores e pelo campeonato de pilotos.”

[@SkySportsF1 | @LucianoYoma]

[koki @kokiq6319]

Let's be blunt.

First, given that it was already clear you couldn't catch P1 on a track where overtaking is hard, and considering the front-running GR was on old white tires while the latter, AKA, was on nearly fresh reds (comparable to other teams' red tire life), there should have been no team order to swap positions. Because the best possible result for the team would still have been P2 and P3. The easier move was to let AKA get within 1 second of GR, activate overtake mode, and then run a train. Since there was no chance of being faster and chasing down P1 anyway, why swap at all?

Second, even though GR didn't understand it, he followed the team order. But after the swap, and with the team explicitly telling AKA to give GR overtake mode, AKA just floored it and drove off, leaving GR on old whites to fend off a whole train of cars behind on fresh reds. That's basically abandoning him. So why keep giving the green light to someone who repeatedly ignores team orders?

At the end of the day, on one hand AKA is untrustworthy, and on the other, the team is deliberately trying to manufacture a golden boy.

[koki @kokiq6319]

So in a sense, do you think that even if the 12 car switched to softs, it couldn't hold off the Ferrari behind, so you sacrificed George to pave the way for 12? And in the last 6 laps, the 12 car only closed 0.5 seconds on Norris, who was on old hard tires—so did you know 12 wasn't up to it and asked George to swap positions?

[ItsaboutGR1 @ItsaboutGR1]

The best joke? Kimi was on new red tires trying to catch old white tires, and after the team radio swap order, he couldn’t even gain a tenth of a second. Without that instruction, let alone P3, he would’ve easily been passed by Lewis.