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Olav Mol cannot understand the punishment that George Russell in the opening phase of the Austrian Grand Prix received after a touché with Sergio Perez† The Briton seemed to have little space, tapped the Mexican and the Red Bull driver eventually had to stop his race. Result: a five-second penalty for Russell and a Mole who can’t show much understanding.
Russell was allowed to start the Grand Prix of Austria from fourth place. He eventually finished there, but that was not without a struggle. In the opening phase he encountered the better left Perez in his path. Russell tapped the back of the RB18, causing Perez to end up backwards with damage. The man from Guadalajara continued his journey for a while, but the damage to his car was too great and it meant the end of exercise for the Mexican.
Russell left the guilty in the middle
Of Mercedes-driver did not let himself go to one side after the race and was especially disappointed with the damage suffered in the race with his five-second penalty. “With how the race went it was a missed opportunity. For my part it was obviously very frustrating to have the incident on the first lap. I braked late and hard and Checo had a clean line. When he started to turn in, I knew we were going to hit each other,” the Mercedes driver said after the race.
No further action?
Mole is in it RaceCafé van ZiggoSport a lot less nuanced and thought it was an obvious mistake by Perez himself. “He was already completely on the curb with his wheel. I also thought that Perez did not choose the right line here. The race management thought – of course – differently. It was the opening phase of a race and you can see that it was a line is the one that Perez chooses and that he eliminates himself with. He has already been punished because he drives behind. That’s just a no further action“, the commentator sheds light on the incident.
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