TV director missed on George Russel’s overtake on Lando Norris which according to Russel was worth being viewed by the audience.
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The 2022 Monaco GP was filled with entertainment and some pure sporting drama, right from the delayed race start to the heart stopping Schumacher crash. While there was so much going on all at once the TV director missed on George Russel’s overtake on Lando Norris which according to the Mercedes driver was pretty dicey and was worth being viewed by the audience enjoying the race from their homes. Russel had just qualified behind Lando Norris on Saturday.
Norris emerged from the pits ahead of Russell on slicks and moved into the racing line, forcing the Mercedes driver to outflank to the right and past him on the way up the hill to Casino. Russell, who qualified slightly behind Norris, took fifth position as a result of the transfer. However, TV viewers were unaware of the pass at the time since Russell had been in front previous to the stop segment because of Norris’ earlier move to intermediates.
“It was a positive race, I think, on the hard tyre we were the quickest car on track at some points and I was really pushing the limits, and that was very enjoyable. They didn’t show my overtake on Lando, which was a bit disappointing. He sort of came out of the pits directly in front of me and sort of chopped across and I managed to overtake on the wet stuff. So that was pretty nice.” expressed Russel.
The British driver also was of the opinion that it was not all an easy job for him on the medium compounds but he still got away with it. “And yeah, I sort of managed it until the end, it was not easy on that medium tyre. It felt pretty dicey from within the car for Monaco in damp conditions, but obviously not good enough for the TV producer. So, next time!”
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When Norris was made aware of the incident he was of the opinion that if that pass was Russel’s one of the better ones then he (Russel) has not done a good job in the past. “I mean, I just came on the box on wet tyres. And he obviously gained a lap prior because of being on the slick, the slick was the tyre to be on. He had warm tires, mine were cold. And he came past me, it’s quite simple. I wasn’t impressed at all. I was more frustrated.” said the Mclaren driver.
