George Russell said tyres were playing a factor in races becoming too predictable but also defended supplier Pirelli for the unwinnable situation they are in.

The United States Grand Prix was another race where strategy variance was minimal with only a handful of drivers stopping on more than one occasion.

George Russell says tyre to blame for ‘bad racing’

Throughout the year we have seen numerous races become processional as drivers are unable to overtake each other and following the US GP which again saw a small amount of overtakes, Russell said races were being decided in the opening lap.

“I made a good start but when Max covered Lando, I thought the normal thing to do would be for him to go to the outside to protect his position,” Russell told media including PlanetF1.com. “And in

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