The disqualification of George Russell has put him under the spotlight after the FIA found his car to be underweight after the Belgian Grand Prix. During the usual post-race checks, the FIA weighed Russell’s car twice after discovering that Mercedes had not emptied the entire fuel tank before submitting it to Parc Ferme. It was subsequently discovered that the overall ‘dry weight’ of the car without the 2.8 litres of fuel onboard was 796.5kg, thus meaning he was 1.5kg under the minimum weight limit of 798kg. Mercedes admitted that it made a mistake to the stewards while engineers are now inves…
