George Russell left to rue mistake that cost him “almost guaranteed” third in Monaco
𒊎Russell went 🌟long in the first stint of the race, making his only pit stop of the afternoon when the rain fell.
This allowed Russell to jump a number of his rivals, including 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon and Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.
However, his good work was undone when he ran wide at Mirabeꦚau.
Not only did he lose crucial time, when rejoining, he did so unsafely, picking up a five-second time penalty in the p♏rocess.
Speaking after the rac🅰e, Russell told Sky: “P3 was definitely achievable today. I’ve only learnt my mistake wasn’t shown on TV – I was comfortably ahead of Lewis and Ocon because I hadn’t pitted on the slick.
"I went straight from the hard to the intermediate so came out in P5 behind the Ferraris who were⛎ on slicks so we were effectively P3 on the road.”
Russ🦂ell blamed not being “fully focused” for his costly error.
“T🧔here were yellow flags so I backed off and when I touched the brake I just locked ꧒up and followed the yellow flag.
“That was a les🎶son to me that sometimes when you’re not fully😼 on it and fully focused that’s when mistakes happen.
"Really disappointed becaus🔥e if that mistake didn’t happen P3 was almost guaranteed.”
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