Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has sent Williams driver George Russell a message of encouragement following his race-ending crash at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. For the second year running at Imola, Russell lost the opportunity to score his first points for Williams after being involved in a violent high-speed accident with Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas while fighting over ninth place in Sunday’s race. Russell and Bottas initially blamed each other for the crash, before the Briton issued a public apology to the Mercedes driver on Monday, acknowledging that he should have “handled the whole situation better”. “Emotions can run high in the heat of the moment and yesterday...
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