George Russell’s desperate team radio plea for red flag after scary crash
George Russell wanted a red flag after crashing out of the last lap of the F1 Austra🐟lian Grand Prix.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell desperately called for a red flag intervention over team radio after his scary crash at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver was chasing down 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin in a battle for sixth place in the closing stages of the Melbourne race when he suffered a huge shunt on the last lꦛap.
Russell lo🦩st control at Turn 6 and slammed into the outside barrier after a♓ trip through the gravel, before his car skated back onto the track and came to a rest on its side.
Worried he was now in🃏 the direct firing line of cars approaching from behind, Russell begged for a red flag to be deployed over🔯 team radio.
"Red flag, red flag, red flag," Russell sc✨reamed🔯. "I'm in the middle of the track. Red flag, red flag! Red, red, red, red, red. I'm in the middle. Red! F***ing hell.”
Race control instead opted for a Virtual Safety Car to enable the fi⛦eld to slowly complete the final lap 𝔉of a dramatic race.
Russell was checked over by the FIA medical team but was unhu🧸rt in t💛he accident.
Alonso was punisheꦚd by the FIA stewards with a 20-seco🐼nd time penalty.
He was cited for "potentially dangerous" driving.
Speaking to Sky after the rac💖e, Russell was reluctant to accuse Alonso of brake-testing him.
"My take is thꦚat I have gone off, and that is on me, but I was half a second behind Fernando 100m before the corner and then suddenly he came towards me extremely quick and I was right in his gearbox," Russell said.
"I don't know if he has got a problem or not. We are off to see the stewards so that is a bit bizarre in a circꦅumstance like this. I've got nothing more to say right now, I need to see everything, I am disappointed to end the race l꧋ike that.”
Alonso claimed to be nursing a problem with h꧑is energy✅ deployment in the final stages of the race.
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