George Russell’s penalty for deliberately cutting a corner at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix has left Sauber boss Jonathan Whea⛎tley concerned.

The Mercedes driver purposely cut the Nouvelle chicane during Sunday’s 78-lap race at Monaco in order to get ahead of Williams’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon as he bid to reach the points after a technical issue i♏n qualifying left him dow♛n in 14th.

Russell was frustrated by Albon’s tactics after the British-born Anglo Thai was ordered by Williams to slow the chasing Mercedes duo behind to ensure teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Carlos Sainz had a large enough gap to make his🌌 second stop and𝕴 not lose track position.

Russell took matters into his own hands by overtaking Albon off track. When told by Mercedes to hand the place back Russel💞l refused, saying he would instead accept the penalty.

Albon and Sainz went on to score Williams’ fourth consecutive double points finish in ninth and 10th, while Russell came🧜 away fro𒆙m Monaco empty-handed as he took 11th.

The implications of Russell’s decision caught the attention of Sauber team principal Wheatley, who has urged F1 to review the m🐼atter following a race he described as being “defin𓆉ed by strategy and shaped more by the rules than by pure racing.”

“Asꦍ a sport we 🐠do need to take a closer look at George’s [Russell] penalty and consider what can be learned,” Wheatley said.

“Espe☂cially in races so heavily influenced by mandatory tyre usagꦑe rules like this one.”

Albon buys Russell dinner

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Albon paid for a dinner date with Russౠell on Sunday evening as a peace offering following thei𒅌r heated on-track clash.

"I'm having dinner with him tonight, so he would definitely get 🍰th𓆏e bill,” Russell proclaimed after Sunday’s grand prix.

Albon revealed in a post on social med💞ia that he had indeed footed the bill for their dinn⛎er as they put the incident behind them.

Bot൩h Williams drivers expressed their remorse about the controv💞ersial tactics, while team principal James Vowles sent a text to Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff apologising.

"We knew it was a possibility. We knew the strategy could happen. I thin♋k we were talking about it on Thursday,” Albon explained.

"We didn't want it to happen, and I think on our side, it wasn't how we were goin﷽g🥃 to go racing. Once RB started it, it basically it put us in a position where we had to do it as well.

"It bunched the field up so tightly, the only way to get out of that situation was to basically repeat wha꧃t they did. Not pretty and and frustrating, but in the end it's a team sport and we maximised three points for the team.”