Russell 
F1 2023 Season
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pressure got to him
Feck sake Russell
That’s hilarious
Russell
fecks up my prediction even more ffs
fecks up my prediction even more ffs
Russel all bark no bite.
Russell with the first mistake out of the four. Great finish to the race
He really should have just passed him 20 odd laps ago.
Great job by Sainz. Finally a proper race for once 
Yeah basic radio commentary from drivers behind team mates. Nothing new.
F1 is great if we can just ban Redbull
That was such a brilliant ending to the race. So thrilling to watch from the Merc pit-stop to the end.
fair play to Carlos wind from the off, was in big doubt for a while.
Nice second for Norris and a good 3rd for Lewis.
Think the pressure got to Russell.
Cracking race at the end
Nice second for Norris and a good 3rd for Lewis.
Think the pressure got to Russell.
Cracking race at the end
Fantastic race.
Sainz driver of the day for me. Despite a shitstick of a team, he basically played an absolute blinder as a driver through the whole race, but especially backing up to give Norris DRS. That’s why he kept first.
Russell didn’t do enough there and then binned it for no real reason.
If Hamilton was in front, probably could have won that.
If Hamilton was in front, probably could have won that.
Points for Lawson, win for Sainz, 2nd for Norris, couldn't ask for more myself
Sainz with a 500 IQ race.
Hamilton was quicker than Russell at the end there. Think he potentially could have got Lando if he had 3 laps to have a go at him.
Very smart from Sainz, who isn’t normally brilliant with his race craft
Very smart from Sainz, who isn’t normally brilliant with his race craft
Don’t agree with “gotta feel sorry for Russell”. Driver error under pressure, it’s what separates the best from the rest.
Fantastic Carlos, looked after his tyres, backed up Lando giving DRS. He won't have a better win than that. Top work
That was a lot of fun. Four roughly equal cars fighting to the end.
Russell is a chronic bottler in racing. Has to be said.
Captain qualifier.
Captain qualifier.
It is a trend now, he’s really good at binning it from great positions.
I think I will only score 9 points on Superbru this week
disgusting.
disgusting.
Almost feel like Hamilton was the one who actually had the pace to potentially get around them, would have been interesting to see if he could have done it in another lap
Such a shame we couldn’t see any wheel to wheel racing between the top four in the last five laps. I think Hamilton would have been able to get past Norris. He was massively quicker than Russell in those last 20 laps.
Exaclly, he bottled it under pressure
Best race in a while.. the red bull domination was getting boring.
He defo did. He caught Russell despite same tyres and being 5 seconds behind after the stop. He might have still struggled to get past with Norris being given DRS from Sainz but I think he might have made a better job of it. And certainly not ended up in the wall.
you might be better than meI think I will only score 9 points on Superbru this week
disgusting.
Great race, so smart and good drive from Sainz, but he should thank Leclerc a lot! Same as Norris should thank Sainz for slowing down in that last lap, he didn't have to do that in the final lao.
But Mercedes are much quicker than Ferrari in race pace, it's not even close. Not just because they had better tyres obviously.
But Mercedes are much quicker than Ferrari in race pace, it's not even close. Not just because they had better tyres obviously.
Very happy for Sainz have to say.
Great job by Sainz. Finally a proper race for once
Yes exactly. Heart in the mouth stuff. Best race for a very long time.
I wouldn't be as hard on George as some of the armchair F1 drivers here. He had to give it a go.
With Norris having DRS I’m not sure either of them would have got past. There was only one or two real opportunities. If Sainz did that on purpose he’s a genius. Great race.
He literally announced it on radio that it was intentional
A lot of the comments online about this being more exciting just because of RB not being at the top are hilarious. Sainz led the entire race and was hardly ever under real threat until the end, and a lot of the action happened behind it. The same that has happened the rest of the season where we've had a lot of races with more action behind P1 than we did today.
He did give it a go. But the best under pressure know how to get close to the line without breaching it. It’s not like it’s the first time. But yeah these things happen. But it just also goes to show how good Max and Lewis are. Mistakes like this were rare when they competed for that title. Leclerc is an excellent driver but showed why he’s a tier below when he made mistakes last year. And Russell showing the same currently.