Carlos Sainz says he was 'laughing in the car' during the Formula 1 Japanese GP when he realised that Mercedes had borrowed the DRS trick he used in Singapore.
In the end, the ploy worked, and Sainz and Norris finished first and second, with Hamilton taking third after Russell crashed on the last lap.
At Suzuka, the positions were reversed with Sainz catching up with Russell and Hamilton, who were running fifth and sixth. On older tyres, Russell was told to invert the positions and let Hamilton through, and Russell then asked if Hamilton could in turn give him DRS and help him to defend from Sainz.
Hamilton responded"understood" but the strategy only worked briefly before Sainz got past Russell, having told his team"They are using my tricks against me!""Yeah, I found it [funny], actually," he said when asked by Motorsport.com about his comment."And I was like, I need to make sure I attack George into the chicane. If I don't throw him offline, it's going to be impossible to pass them.
"And I went very deep into the chicane, managed to get a bit of a switchback, and then I used the DRS, slipstream on everything to pass him. It was good fun. And yeah, it nearly cost me my own position with my own tricks."
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