拉塞尔承认梅赛德斯荷兰站车队指令“正确决定”
乔治·拉塞尔承认，在荷兰大奖赛尾声，梅赛德斯让他与队友基米·安东内利互换位置是“正确的决定”，当时两人正在争夺仅次于冠军兰多·诺里斯的排名。安东内利和拉塞尔分别位居第二和第四，中间隔着法拉利的刘易斯·汉密尔顿，因埃斯特班·奥康赛车故障触发的晚期虚拟安全车影响了局面。
乔治·拉塞尔承认梅赛德斯在荷兰大奖赛中的车队指令是"正确的决定"
拉塞尔接受了梅赛德斯在F1荷兰大奖赛中让他与队友安东内利交换位置的决定
安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯，乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯
梅赛德斯车手乔治·拉塞尔承认，在荷兰大奖赛尾声阶段，车队让他与F1队友安东内利交换位置的决定是"正确的"，当时他们正在争夺冠军兰多·诺里斯身后的第二名。
安东内利和拉塞尔当时分别排在第二和第四位，落后于领跑者诺里斯，中间隔着法拉利的刘易斯·汉密尔顿。就在这时，埃斯特班·奥孔赛车受损触发了最后的虚拟安全车，为赞德沃特这个混乱的下午再添一波转折。
汉密尔顿利用虚拟安全车的时机，在第56圈（共72圈）用一套旧的软胎完成了一次成本更低的进站，这迫使梅赛德斯做出反应，将安东内利召回进站，以防御法拉利的 提前进站（早停战术）。
但梅赛德斯选择让拉塞尔留在赛道上，因为他进站后反正也会落在汉密尔顿后面，这实际上等于把赛道上的第二名交给了这位英国车手，排在他队友安东内利和汉密尔顿之前。
由于使用的是较旧的硬胎，拉塞尔很快受到了安东内利的压力，随后他接到指令，要让自己的队友、目前在车手积分榜领跑的安东内利超过。拉塞尔没有太多耽搁就照做了，但在他仍试图保住一个领奖台席位时，还是对这次让车提出了质疑。
不过，又一次晚出现的虚拟安全车（VSC）帮助拉塞尔守住了第三名，抵挡住了汉密尔顿的进攻，让梅赛德斯在这个被迈凯伦连续第二个比赛周末压制的一天里拿到了双领奖台。
事后来看，拉塞尔承认让车是正确的决定，因为安东内利反正会用快得多的轮胎超过他。“基米·安东内利反正已经跑在我前面了，所以他理应在我前面完赛，”拉塞尔说。
“当你在比赛中时，你想为每一个位置而战。但以他的速度，加上新轮胎，他反正也会超过去，所以这是正确的决定。我只是很高兴能站上领奖台。这对我来说已经有一段时间了。整个周末都挺强势的，所以我会看到积极的一面。”
基米·安东内利和乔治·拉塞尔分别获得第二和第三名
安东内利感谢拉塞尔做出了有利于车队的配合，不过他对迈凯伦在过去两个比赛周末展现出的强劲速度提升感到担忧，
"乔治是一位非常顾全车队的队友，我也为他能守住第三名感到高兴，"这位意大利车手补充道，同时扩大了自己对汉密尔顿的积分领先优势。
"这是一场非常激烈的比赛，我成功拿到了领先。第一节（阶段）我还感觉不错，但从第二节（阶段）开始，我就找不到对赛车的手感了。总体上我打滑很多，最后兰多超越了我，我知道在那之后我没有机会了。
"我们需要找回一点时间，因为迈凯伦已经迈出了一大步。"
英文原文
George Russell concedes Mercedes' Dutch GP team orders "the right decision"
Russell accepted Mercedes' decision to swap positions with team-mate Kimi Antonelli in Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, George Russell, Mercedes
Mercedes driver George Russell conceded the team's decision to swap him with Formula 1 team-mate Kimi Antonelli at the end of the Dutch Grand Prix was the "right decision" as they fought for second behind winner Lando Norris.
Antonelli and Russell were running second and fourth, behind leader Norris and split by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, when a late virtual safety car for a stricken Esteban Ocon provided one last twist in a chaotic afternoon at Zandvoort.
Hamilton used the VSC situation to make a cheaper pitstop for used soft tyres on lap 56 of 72, which forced a reaction out of Mercedes as it brought in Antonelli to defend against Ferrari's undercut.
But Mercedes kept Russell out instead, as he would have ended behind Hamilton anyway, effectively handing the Briton second on the road ahead of Antonelli and Hamilton.
On older hard tyres, Russell soon came under pressure from Antonelli before he was ordered to let his championship-leading team-mate past. Russell obeyed without much delay, but not without questioning the move as he tried to salvage a podium.
Another late VSC helped Russell defend third against Hamilton, though, netting Mercedes a double podium on a day it was outperformed by McLaren for the second consecutive race weekend.
In hindsight, Russell admitted the swap was the correct decision because Antonelli would have passed him anyway on much quicker tyres. "Kimi was ahead of me anyway, so he deserved to finish ahead," Russell said.
"When you're in the race, you want to fight for every single position. But with the pace, with the new tyre, he would have overtaken anyway, so it was the right decision. I'm just happy to be standing on the podium. It's been a little while for me. It's been a strong weekend overall, so I'll take the positives."
Kimi Antonelli and George Russell took second and third
Antonelli thanked Russell for playing the team game, though he was concerned by McLaren's strong burst of pace over the past two race weekends,
"George was a great team player and really happy for him to have held on to P3 as well," the Italian added as he reinforced his championship lead over Hamilton.
"It was a very intense race and I managed to get the lead. In stint one I felt okay, but then from stint two onwards, I just didn't have the feeling with the car. I was sliding a lot overall and at the end Lando passed me and I knew I had no chance after that.
"We need to find a little bit of time because McLaren have made a huge step."
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