GEORGE RUSSELL could be stripped of his Belgian GP win after his Mercedes car was reportedly found to be underweight.
The incident matter has been referred to the stewards, with a likely disqualification pending.
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If Russell is eventually disqualified, team-mate Lewis Hamilton will be crowned the race winner, to claim his second GP win of the season.
Hamilton – whose early pit cause him to drop in behind Russell – formed an impressive Mercedes one-two after the team ditched their updates on Friday.
Russell’s car has been referred to the stewards after it was found to be underweight in the usual post-race checks, once the fuel was removed.
In matters such as this, if stewards duly rule the car was underweight, infringements of technical rules result in slam-dunk disqualifications whatever any mitigating circumstances are.
A statement read: “After the Race, car number 63 was weighed and its weight was 798.0 kg, which is the minimum weight required by TR Article 4.1.
“After this, fuel was drained out of the car and 2.8 litres of fuel were removed.
“The car was not fully drained according to the draining procedure submitted by the team in their legality documents as TR Article 6.5.2 is fulfilled.
“The car was weighed again on the FIA inside and outside scales and the weight was 796.5 kg.”
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Russell will be heartbroken after managing to hold off the 7-time world champion on 24 laps old hard tyres to win the race.
The 26-year-old started three places behind Hamilton in P6.
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