George Russell's Big Crashes

In his second year in F1, Russell found himself running in the top 10 when the safety car came out. On the brink of scoring his first-ever points in the championship, he crashed out of the race with cold tyres behind the safety car.

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Whilst trying to pass Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas on the approach to Tamburello, Russell crashed into the side of the Finnish driver.  Russell emerged from his car to confront Bottas, hitting his helmet and later suggesting that Bottas was at fault and felt his seat at Mercedes was under threat. He later apologised for his actions.

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Russell was forced to retire from the British Grand Prix after his Mercedes was clipped before veering into Zhou Guanyu and flipping Zhou’s car upside down. 

The Mercedes driver came into contact with reigning world champion Max Verstappen during the sprint race around the streets of Baku. After making a move to take third place, Verstappen was left with a significant hole in one of his sidepods.  After the race, the Dutchman expressed his anger towards Russell with a brief argument.

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At a rainy Monaco, Russell ran off the track and had to re-join. When driving back onto the track, Pérez was approaching, and could not avoid Russell. The British driver was punted and received a five-second penalty for re-joining the track in an unsafe manner.

During qualifying, George Russell collided with teammate and former world champion Lewis Hamilton as they both set out on a flying lap. After the session, Mercedes cleared up the situation as a miscommunication, and the team still came away from Spain with both drivers on the podium.

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George Russell found himself running P4 in the early stages of the Canadian Grand Prix. His promising race position ended abruptly on lap 12 when he took too much kerb into turn 8, putting him in a poor position for turn 9 and inevitably ending with Russell hitting the wall. He limped back to the pits with damage and a right-rear puncture, and the team sent him back out, however Russell had to retire the car before the end of the race due to the damage.