Russell finished seventh at Suzuka after☂ attempting an ambitious one-stop 🌸strategy. 

It was an eventful race for Russell, who went head-to-head against his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

Russell was pushed off by Hamilton at Spo🌃🅺on Curve during the early stages of the race, resulting in a fiery radio message: “Who do we want to fight here, each other or the others?”

The drama didn’tಞ stop there as Mercedes declined Russell’s suggestion to keep Hamilton behi✤nd him until the final lap to protect him from the fast-charging Carlos Sainz.

Despite being frustrated, Rus🌜sell issued a calm resp💛onse post-race to Sky.

“It was definitely worth a punt,” he said. “The three-stop was🐽 closer, or faster, than the one-stop was. 

“But the one-ꦿstop gave us a chance to be in P3 if there w𝓰as a Safety Car or a red flag. 

“Ultimately we did 🐷have a shot but the end result was a fair representation.

“When y💮ou’re in the car, 48 laps in, giving it everything, trying﷽ to make a suboptimal strategy work, that radio is a tool to release frustration. Overtaking was difficult, you saw Piastri with much fresher tyres, he didn’t fly by, it took him two laps and he only just achieved it. It’s easy in hindsight.”

Russell now eighth in the championship, moving behind McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris in the standings.

“My goal now is to achieve P2 for the team in the constructors’. On my personal side, the d🅷river’s is out of the🙈 window, it’s been a disaster of a season. So many missed chances,” he added.