The latter, after an accident and a penalty, requested urgent help by radio when he was stranded in the middle of the circuit. In a moment filled with fear, Russell cried out: “Red flag! I’m in the middle of the track! Red, red, red!”“.
The British, like the Spanish, had to answer to the commissioners. His moment of obvious panic stood out on the radio, desperately urging the race to stop.
The incident It happened on the last lap.when Russell tried to overtake Alonso in turn 5. In this regard, the FIA noted that the Aston Martin driver braked unusually early, which triggered the loss of control of Russell’s Mercedes and his subsequent accident, leaving him stranded and vulnerable in the center of the track.
Russell, after the incident, focused attention on the 42-year-old pilot, noting that “It is clear that he braked one hundred meters before the curve”. However, he also expressed caution in affirm that he would not accuse to the one born in Oviedo, Spain without analyzing more data.
For his part, Alonso responded with surprise on the old Twitter to the 20-second penalty imposed by the FIA. “A little surprised with this penalty at the end of the race about how we should do the corners or how to drive the cars in the race”wrote.
“We don’t want to do anything bad at these speeds, and I think without gravel on that corner anywhere else in the world we wouldn’t even have been investigated.”he continued.
“In more than 20 years of racing in F1, with epic duels like Imola or Brazil, changing routes, sacrificing entry speed to exit the curve better is part of the art of motorsport”closed his comment by responding to the “erratic” rating of his driving.
In this way, the race in Australia was marked by the incident described above, the victory of Carlos Sainz and the abandonment of the Dutchman, Max Verstappen.
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