George Russell left Australia with zero points in his bag. On Sunday, the Briton hit a wall before ending up on the left side of his car stopped in the middle of the track on the penultimate lap. An accident with no physical consequences for the driver but which concludes a GP to forget for Mercedes. Indeed, earlier, his seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton - expected next year at Ferrari in place of Sainz - had to retire due to an engine problem.
In a second video of his accident, we hear Russell rushing to warn his pit crew that he is in a very bad position on the track. “Red flag, red flag, red flag, I’m in the middle of the track,” says the driver whose car was resting on its side and who rightly feared at that point in the race for his safety in a fast section. and sinuous.
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