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Bitter blow for George Russell, but Lewis Hamilton a worthy winner at Belgian GP

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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton waves as he arrives for the podium ceremony after the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on July 28.

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton waves as he arrives for the podium ceremony after the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on July 28.

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Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you.

Never has that old expression been more befitting at a grand prix than it was for poor George Russell at Spa-Francorchamps on July 28.

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