Russell ran fourth in the early stages of Sunday’s race in Montreal, right behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

His strong race was undone by a crash at the Turn 8-9 chicane on Lap 12, resulting in the only Safet✤y Car of the race.

Surprisingly, Russell was able t🍒o continue after heading into the pit lane for a new front wing and fresh ty♎res.

Running inside 🉐the top 10, his race ultimately came to a premature end when Mercedes saw a brake isﷺsue on his car.

Explaining the incident after the race, he said:  “I just went a bit deep into the right-hander and into the left I just touched kerb.ꦏ 

“I ꦰclearly hit it with the bottom of the car and the next thing I knew I was up in t൩he air. When I landed I was in the wall.

“I’m kicking myself because it’s such a small error but with big consequences, but that’s how it is on circuits like this. Not go♛od enough from my side.”

2009 F1 champion Jenson Button described Russell’s shunt as “unusual” and that he ✨“won’t sleep well tonight”.

"Most corners around the🍸 world you would be fine as you can run wide. But you have the walls up against the kerb here,” he said. “It’s tricky.

"It's unusual for George to make a mistake like that. It will hit home. He won't sleep well tonight and𒅌 wake up upset with himself. It's a lot of points lost which we don't normally sa🍒y with Mercedes but for them they are in a fight with Aston."