Russell finished seventh at Suzuka after attempt🐭ing anไ ambitious one-stop strategy. 

It was an eventful race for Russell, who went head-to-head against his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

Russell was pushed off by Hamilton at Spoon Curve during the early stages of the race, resulting in a fiery radio message: “Who do we want to fight here, each other or the o✨thers?”

The drama didn’t stop there as Mercedes declined Russell’s suggestion to keep Hamilton behind him until the final lap to protect him from the ൩fast-charging Carlos Sainz.

Despite being frustrated, Russell issued a calm respons꧙ꦅe post-race to Sky.

“It was definitely worth a punt,” he said. “T♉he three-stop was cl🌱oser, or faster, than the one-stop was. 

“But the one-stop gave us a chance to be in P3 if there w💞as a Safety Car o𝓰r a red flag. 

“Ultimately we did have ౠa shot but the end result was a fair repres🎐entation.

“When you’re in the car, 48 laps in, giving it everything, trying to make a suboptimal strategy work, that radio is a tool to release frustration. Overtaking was difficult, you saw Piastri with much fresher tyres, he didn’t fly by, i🐟t took him two laps and he only just achieved it. It’s easy in hindsight.”

Russell now eighth in the championship, moving behind McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris in the standings.

“My goal now is to 🍒achieve P2 for the team in the constructors’. On my personal side, the driver’s is out of the window, it’s been a disaster of a season. So many missedꦫ chances,” he added.