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Manhole cover was ‘10-15mm’ from entering Russell’s cockpit
George Russell says the manhole cover he hit during Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice was just “10 or 15 millimetres” away from entering the cockpit of his Williams Formula 1 car. Moments after Charles Leclerc had dislodged the manhole cover, Russell hit the loose cover at speed early on in FP1, leading to the session being red-flagged and then abandoned. The impact destroyed much of the floor on Russell’s car and required the British squad to carry out a chassis change, with team boss Claire Williams seeking compensation after estimating the damage costs to be in the “hundreds of thousands” region. “I knew I hit something on the track but I didn’t realise it was a manhole...
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