George Russell updates “in the trash”, Lewis Hamilton offers to exchange parts

Lewis Hamilton offered to upgrade his car to teammate George Russell at the F1 United States Grand Prix.

Each of the Mercedes drivers experienced disappointment on Saturday in Texas.

Hamilton’s poor qualifying meant his time was just 19th best, while Russell crashed out in Q3 and will start sixth.

Russell destroyed the upgrades on his Mercedes – which were new to Texas – in the incident.

Mercedes has no spare parts this weekend, but Hamilton has offered his set of parts to his better-placed teammate.

F1 rules on a sprint race weekend would allow Russell’s damaged car to be fitted with Hamilton parts.

“At the moment the concern is with the parties,” Russell told Motorsport following his qualifying crash.

“We will have to roll back the updates.

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