In an interview with Sky Sports F1, George Russell spoke about his incident with Fernando Alonso on the last lap…
George Russel (meeting): “I think it’s my fault. I was five tenths behind Fernando 100 meters before the corner, but then the distance shortened significantly and I bumped into his car. I don’t know if he had problems or not.
He was summoned to the stewards, which is a bit strange in such circumstances. I have nothing to say. Must watch the replay. At this point I’m just angry that the race ended this way.
It is clear that he braked very early, 100 meters before the bend, then pressed the accelerator again and continued through the bend normally. We’ve already seen data on this.
Did Fernando give me a break test? I won’t hold it against him until we see all the data. I followed him for many, many laps. Before that corner I was five tenths behind. Then he suddenly slowed down and accelerated again. I didn’t expect it, it surprised me. It is my mistake. Interestingly, the stewards called him. I’m intrigued by what they have to say.”
Source: F1 News
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