Mercedes has launched an investigation into why George Russell was disqualified from the win after the Belgian Grand Prix. Russell took an unlikely victory when he converted to a one-stop strategy, having climbed up to the lead from sixth on the grid. A few hours after the chequered flag, the FIA found Russell’s Mercedes to be underweight. He was summoned to the stewards, who eventually excluded him from the results for the technical infringement, and teammate Lewis Hamilton was promoted to the win. Mercedes admitted that it was a genuine error in the immediate aftermath, but trackside enginee…
