George Russell: Not penalising Fernando Alonso risked ‘opening can of worms’
George Russellไ has explained why the FIA were right to penalise Fernando🗹 Alonso at the Australian Grand Prix.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell feels that the F1 stewards had no choice but to penalise 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso for his tactics at the Australian Grand Prix.
Alonso was handed a post-race 20-second time penalty (con🎐verted from a d﷽rive through penalty) for “potentially dangerous driving”.
The Aston Martin had slowed down significantl🐽y on the exit of Turn 6, catching Russell off guard.
Russ𓆉ell lost control of his Mercedes in the turbulent wake of Alonso’🍰s car, crashing out of the race in the process.
Alonso’s penalty was debated heavily among f💧ans, particularly as Russell didn’t actually cra♚sh with the Spaniard nor technically take evasive action.
Speaking in the FIA press conference at the Japanese Grand 🍌Prix, Rus༒sell explained why the stewards had to set a precedent.
“I think it was a bit of a strange situation that happened last week [in Australia]. As I said at the time, I was totally caught by surprise,” he said. “I was actually looking at the steeri✅ng wheel, making a switch change in the straight which we all do across the lap. When I looked up, I was in Fernando’s gearbox and it was too late.
“The next thing I know is that I am in the wall. I think if it were not to be penalised it would have opened a can of worms for the rest of the season and in junior categories of saying are you a꧟llowed to brake in a straight?
“Are you allowed to slow down, change gear, do s🐻omething semi-erratic? I don’t take anything personally with what happened with Ferna𝔉ndo. It probably had bigger consequences than it should have. As I said, if it went un-penalised can you just brake in the middle of a straight?”
Australian GP race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz called for the right-hand💝er Russell crashed at to be “reviewed” amid safety concerns.
“I just think apart from all that, that corner needs to be reviewed,” he added. “It’s already something I said in the last driver’s briefing. It’s not the first time a caꦡr crashes and comes back onto the track.
“It’s a corner we’re doing 2🐓50 kph and flying. Iಞ just don’t like the last few incidents we’ve seen, also in other categories. It doesn’t give me a good feeling. It’s a great corner don’t get me wrong.
“I love driving it in a qualifying lap but it's just when it comes to racing. There’s been too many examples of a car coming back onto the track, being very narrow there,🎉 it’s a corner that needs to be a bit reviewed.”

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