I think even with george the car was not any faster. Having lookes on the replays he was lucky again to jump from p11 to p6 without doing anything. Other cars just got bowled out of the way. Then he got past magnussen and that was his race to the end.
Where Lewis failed for me was in the practice session he needed to set the car up for the sprint. And normally Lewis doesnt setup his car properly in the first practice session. So I wasnt suprised of his poor pace in qualifying.
The pace improved in the race but with a drs train from p14 he wasnt going anywhere.
Anyhow its just 4 races in. Some good races will come. Totto isnt ignoring George. I think George doesnt like to be praised anyway. But as we said many times, Lewis was promised a chance to get back his world title and its not working out currently. And in sure totto feels like he let lewis down for that.
I am not taking Nico seriously. He has to do anything go create drama and get attention. Currently Lewis struggling is a good story. Things will turnaround a d they will say George turned to a #2 and the car is the fastest.