It’ll go down as a racing incident but I really also do think Russell knew he had a bad start, had seen Latifi go through that gap, and really should have seen Gasly there instead of closing in on him.
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I think he crashed into the back of Albon, but can’t really blame him. It was absolute carnage for anyone behind Russell and Zhou. Hard to make the “he wasn’t concentrating” argument, he clearly tried to stop.
Not the best choice of words, but I'm pretty sure they said he had no fractures. Should be alright
I guess it makes sense now. They could figure out the grid for the drivers up front, but probably can't for the guys in the back.
That's not the case on any other laps, which is what feels weird. A red flag is normally the position at the point of it being shown but I get that it may be difficult when there's a load of overtaking going on - Leclerc and Hamilton would be difficult to sort for example.
Fortune yes, but also a huge credit to all those engineers who have invented incredible safety features that protected him when many other safety features failed.
State of this wanker. He's everywhere.
channel 4’s fault for giving him a platform from his river cottage. fame went to his head.
Oh I agree, racing incident, a fair portion of the blame sits with Russell but that's just racing.
Just realised Max was on softs and perhaps why he shot past Sainz there?
What else is he supposed to do though, head into the corner on the wrong racing line and potentially take someone out there instead, or just fall back further and wait to cut across, not many drivers would do that. Either way just glad Zhou is alive.
Probably to allow the tyres to go back and absorb impact much like an elastic band.
Not designed for an upside down bouncing car so that’s something to think about, thankfully the fencing protected the crowd.
Yes.
He can’t just close into a driver for those reasons. Like I said, it’s a racing incident but he could and should have been more alert there.
Russell looked quite upset there.
Russell probably shouldn't be driving now anyway, he's obviously and understandably in a bit of a mess mentally
He has the worst car up front and he gained two very important positions for him, so that's why I think he lost the most. But anyway, just Alonso wasn't my point.
Do we think Russell could realistically have made it back around?
Thanks.
He says he only had a flat tyre
Very harsh on russell. Left the car to check on zhou. Told marshalls not to touch his car. Came back and they had loaded onto the truck and therefore russell isnt allowed. back into the gp
According to him it was just a puncture with no obvious damage, but the floor would have taken some scrapes getting back I'm sure.
Ted on Sky saying not all cars had passed the Safety Car 2 line (what ever that is) before the Red Flag so its the original grid.
It looked like his rear wheel was fecked too but I don’t know.
Completely agree the safety now is absolutely incredible, it would be interesting if a drive to survive episode could go through all the safety features and explain them it would be really interesting
He says that he only had a flat tyre. But when he got back from checking on the Alfa driver, his car was being loaded on the flat bed lorry.
Equally Gasly could have expected a car to cut over and the gap wasn’t big enough with the coroner coming up. Bit of both still for me.
Moral of the story: Mind your own business?
I mean...you can tell the marshalls all you want but they will follow whatever their procedures are. I see why Russell would get out the car but at the same time there are marshalls and stewards there for a reason.
Aren't this type of things supposed to be designed for the worst case scenario? Seems like an oversight which they'll have to make some updates for next year.
Not sure, but Ocon managed to get back with 3 tyres and Yuki got back with front wing under his car.
and people were saying he’s better than hamilton. just look at the difference in finesse in how they send people into the barriers at this grand old circuit.
Both Sainz and Max starting on new mediums, wont be so easy for Max this time round.
Wacky Races pandemonium!
Max can now just do medium-medium.
Very fair point.
he said he just has a puncture and a couple of others made it back, I think he could've.