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Lewis Hamilton suggested after the Saudi Arabian GP that Mercedes team-mate George Russell had benefitted from good fortune after they chose alternative car setups;
George Russell has rejected Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton's claims that his superior performance at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was based on luck.Russell comfortably outqualified Hamilton in Jeddah before finishing the race where he started it in fourth, a place ahead of Hamilton who recovered from seventh on the grid.
With the Mercedes pair having chosen alternative setups going into the weekend, Hamilton said after the race that "more often than not" Russell's would have been the "wrong one", and that consequently he "could only match his pace rather than be quicker".
"I don't think there's any luck in it at all," Russell said on Thursday ahead of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, when asked to address Hamilton's comments.