George Russell George Russell has been handed a grid penalty after it was deemed he did not slow sufficiently for yellow flags during qualifying. The Williams driver will take a five place penalty as a result, dropping him to last on the 20 car grid. After reviewing video, radio, telemetry, and information from the marshalling system, stewards deemed Russell had not slowed for the yellow flags triggered by Nicholas Latifi’s spin at Luffield. “The driver, Russell, explained to the Stewards that he only saw the double yellow flag signal at Turn 7 in his peripheral vision and believed it was just a single yellow,” the stewards report noted. “He lifted slightly earlier than he had on...
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