George Russell said F1 needed to learn and eliminate small gaps such as the one Zhou Guanyu crashed into at Silverstone. Russell finished outside of the top five this season after he was DNFed following a first-corner collision with Zhou. The Mercedes driver was clipped by the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly before then crashing into the side of Zhou's Alfa Romeo. The crash was a particularly nasty one with Zhou sliding upside down across the tarmac and gravel with only the halo protecting him before flipping over the tyre barrier, hitting a fence and then falling into a narrow gap. The awkward position of the car meant it took the safety marshals a long time to free Zhou and the race was...
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