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George Russell’s Tyre Management Misfire Lets Andrea Kimi Antonelli Charge in Las Vegas

Mercedes engineer Andrew Shovlin explained Russell’s late slump in Las Vegas as front-tyre graining from “too much management,” with colder rubber leaving him nursing P3. In contrast, Antonelli pushed harder on a 48-lap hard stint, using throttle “to turn the car” and staying out as his lap times stayed green, surging from P17 to a promoted P3.