F1 United States GP: George Russell apologises to Carlos Sainz for causing race-ending crash
Sainz retired wi𝄹th a water leak after Mercedes driver Russell ploughed into the side of the pole-sitter’s Ferrari having failed to slow down at Turn 1, sending him spinning to the back.
Russell, who went on to finish fifth 🅺in Austin after picking up a five-second time penalty for the incident, took full blame for ruining Sain൩z’s race.
"Firstly, apologies to him," Russell said. "We're all going into Turn 1 attac𒅌king, you never want to be involved in contributing to taking somebody else's race 🎃out.
"I was expecting him to try to go around the outside of Maꦆx rather than cut back, and by that point I'd already committed and it was kind o😼f inevitable that I was going to make contact.
"I just went to see him and apologised for that.
"From there on it was a really difficult afternoon for mꦺe personally. I've been really off the pace this weekend. I know there was some damage, but I don't know how much damage there was exactly to the car.
"♒It will give me a bit of peace of mind if it's more than we first anticipated, because I was nowhere this afternoon.”
Russell remains fourth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2022 drivers’ standings, 20 points clear of Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.
Sainz: Russell came from nowhere
Sainz had slipped behind the fast-starting Red Bull of Max Verstappen and was🤪 looking to fight back exiting Turn 1 when he was hit by Russell.
Speaking to the media immediately after his retirement while the race was ongoing, and before Russell had apologised, Saiꦆnz said: "I think you don't need many words. You just need the images to see exactly what happened, and the images speak for themselves.
"I was in the middle of a fight with Max into Turn 1 and suddenly one guy that൲ wasn't in the battle came from nowhere and bumpe🌳d into me, so that's it.”
The Spaniard ♏claimed his Ferrari has an “inherent problem” after mak🦂ing his latest poor start.
"I think it is a combination of things," he added. "Our start h🍨asn't been great because we have an inherent problem in this car.
"꧟My start [today] wasn't too bad when you compare it to the Mercs, it was Max w🐬ho got a really good one."
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