George Russell threw away a potential win at Interlagos with a self-inflicted pit-exit spin on lap 17, costing him 16 seconds and several positions. The Mercedes driver was running third, within 10 seconds of the leader, when he pitted for slicks as the track dried. "I probably just took too much risk because I was seeing an opportunity to go for the win," Russell admitted after finishing fourth. The error proved oddly strategic—stuck on one set of slicks until the rain returned, he clawed back to near where he'd been before the mistake. Russell had posted the second-fastest quali time before an engine penalty dropped him to seventh on the grid, and he insisted the underlying pace matters more than the result at this stage. The question now is whether Mercedes can turn that one-lap speed into clean Sunday execution as the season winds down.
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