F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Christian Horner and Sergio Perez blame George Russell for clash that retired Red Bull car
A collisio🐲n on the opening lap between Perez and Russell sent the Red Bull driver spiralling into the grav💞el - he later retired due to the damage.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclꦯerc won the race, ahead of Red Bull’s M🌞ax Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
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𓂃But, at their home race at the Red Bull Ring, team principle Horner was left ruing that only one of his driver finished the race.
“Los✱ing Checo was hugely disappointing,” he told Sky.
“I don’t think Mercedes like ou🦩r cars ꧑going around the outside at Turn 4.
“It was a shame because Checo was clearly ahead.
“It is a tricky corner and we see so many incidents on 🉐the outside.
“It is a shame he wasn’t given more space.”
Max Verstappen said: "My teammate got taken out."
Perez said to Sky: “I🌌t is a big shame for us. I clearly felt, from our side, that we did everything we possibly could to avoid the incident.
“It was up to George to co꧋ntrol his car. He couldn’t control it, clearly.
“We ended🌠 up making contact when I was clearl♛y ahead.”
Horner said about 💧his decision to retire Perez: “There was so much damage. There was no chance to score points so it was better to save the mile🅠age.”
Russell finished in P4 behind teammate Hamilton.
Ruꦏssell said to🐠 Sky: “It was very frustrating to have the first-lap incident.
“I br꧅aked hard, I braked late. Che♑co had the clean line.
“As soon as we started to♓ turn in, I knew we 💝would make contact.
“I was already on the limit of my car - braking as hard as♚ I could, turning as hard as I could.
“He just had more grip on the racing line.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coverinꩵg everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
