SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — George Russell retired on lap one of many Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday after contact with Lewis Hamilton in a heavy blow to his Method 1 title possibilities.
Russell was making an attempt to retake a spot from Lewis Hamilton across the exterior when the Ferrari driver clipped his rear wheel and despatched him spinning into the gravel entice. That introduced out the protection automobile. Russell raised his arms in disbelief earlier than leaving the stranded automobile.
“Automotive crossed over proper in entrance of me,” Hamilton mentioned.
Russell’s Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli, the standings chief, was main after he took pole place Saturday in qualifying. Russell has been struggling to match Antonelli’s tempo in latest races and has instructed a problem with the Mercedes automobile could also be holding him again.
