George Russell left to rue mistake that cost him “almost guaranteed” third in Monaco
Ru🔜ssell 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 Mirabeau.
Not only did he lose crucial time, when rejoining, he did so unsafely, picking up a five-second time penalty in 🅺the proce💦ss.
Speaking after the race, Russell told🔯 Sky: “P3 was definitely achievable today. I’ve only learnt my mistake wasn’t shown on TV – I was comfortably ahead o💖f 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 th♍e Ferraris who were on sꦦlicks so we were effectively P3 on the road.”
Russell blamed not being “fully 🥃focused” for his costly error.
“There wer🐻e yellow flags so I backed off and when I touched the brake I just locked up and follo🅷wed the yellow flag.
“That waᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs a lesson to me that sometimes when you’re not fully on it and fully focused that’s when m꧋istakes happen.
"Really disappointed because if that mistake didn’t happen P3 was almost guarante✃ed.ꦑ”
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