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George Russell says he realised he needed to "look forward" during the Brazilian Grand Prix and forget Lewis Hamilton was chasing him as he secured a first Formula 1 win. Russell led from pole position in Sao Paulo, and his victory chances increased when Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided at Turn 1 after a first Safety Car restart . However, a second, later Safety Car threatened to derail his chances of a win, with Hamilton starting P2 for the final charge to the flag. However, the younger Briton quickly gapped Hamilton at just outside DRS range, holding a pace advantage through the middle sector to just keep Hamilton the wrong side of the one second activation barrier. Russell eventually crossed the line 1.529s clear of Hamilton to become the 113th driver to win a World Championship Grand Prix. Speaking afterwards, Russell revealed his change of approach during the race. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/russell-realised-he-n...

Max Verstappen has blamed Formula 1 race control's decision to use a standing restart in the Australian Grand Prix for the multi-car incident on Lap 57. Following Kevin Magnussen's wall strike and debris on the track, the race was suspended for a second time, with a two-lap shootout planned from a standing start on the grid, with Verstappen leading Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Verstappen and Hamilton escaped unscathed but Alonso was tagged out of third, while Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Logan Sargeant and Nyck de Vries all retired in incidents at Turns 1 and 2. Post-race, speaking after his 37th career win, Verstappen was at a loss as to why the standing restart was used - in scenes similar to the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Viewed by others: nXf4ylgtz9kQu F1 n402BogioCcjSe0BY2lPbC3 Analysis Australian Grand Prix 2023 ...

Logan Sargeant has issued an apology to Nyck de Vries over an incident that put them both out of the Australian Grand Prix. The collision occurred at the penultimate race restart on Lap 57, where several cars found themselves caught up in accidents, including Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso as well as the Alpine duo of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. Sargeant locked up as the race restart ed and made contact with de Vries, resulting in both cars retiring from the event. The Williams driver has explained what happened in the "strange" incident. Sargeant apologises to de Vries "It just felt like when I hit the brake nothing was up to temp[erature] – tyres, brakes," Sargeant told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "I just touched the brakes and locked both fronts immediately. Apologies to Nyck, I hate to end the day like that, but I have to look and see what happened. "It definitely felt strange because I felt like I had braked...