George Russell was left asking for a warning on the radio in the wake of crashing and flipping his Mercedes on the exit of turn six at the Australian Excellent Prix.
The English driver was following behind the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso, endeavoring to quit for the day fresher tires on the last lap of the race.
Be that as it may, Alonso seemed to slow down before into the corner, surprising Russell and sending him turning into the rock trap prior to quickly returning onto the track and spilling. “Warning, warning, warning,” he asked in the group radio. “I’m in the track. That’s a red flag! Red, red, red, and more red. I’m in the center.
Be that as it may, as opposed to submitting to Russell’s requests and drawing out the warning, the stewards selected to call upon the virtual security vehicle, permitting the close by vehicles to creep past his stricken W15 for a last visit through the Albert Park circuit.
Giving his contemplations on the occurrence with Alonso – which is being researched by the FIA – Russell told Sky Sports F1: “My take is I’ve gone off and that is on me.
I was a fraction of a second behind Fernando 100 meters before the turn, but he suddenly and quickly came toward me, and I was right on his gearbox.
I don’t know whether or not he had a problem. “He’s set for the stewards and that is a piece odd in a situation like this.
I have nothing further to say at this time. I really want to see everything, just disheartened to end the race like that. It’s unmistakable he slowed down 100m before the corner and was back on the choke once more and took the corner ordinarily.
We have already viewed the associated data.” Russell’s accident intensified a hopeless end of the week for the Silver Bolts, who passed on Melbourne without a highlight show for their endeavors following a lap-17 mechanical retirement for Lewis Hamilton.
With Alonso and Spear Walk bringing back P6 and P7 gets done, Toto Wolff’s group have now dropped behind Aston Martin in the standings with only 26 focuses from three Grands Prix.