“We’ve seen it [in qualifying] with George, and that was possibly over pushing it, however nonetheless abrupt[ly] shedding it, placing it within the wall. In the present day, such a scenario, there was wind and there was a little bit little bit of soiled air…
“Now we have undoubtedly [got] a difficulty. I don’t know whether or not it was yesterday the identical as at this time. Positively Lewis Hamilton doesn’t lose the automotive like this.”
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Wolff additionally provided his ideas on the five-second time penalty handed out to Russell for an incident with Kick Sauber rival Valtteri Bottas, having initially made a uncommon look on the radio to explain it as a “complete joke”.
Recovering from a pit lane begin following his qualifying crash, Russell muscled his well beyond Bottas below braking for Flip 12 however was deemed by the stewards to have pressured the Finn off the monitor within the course of.
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