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Russell insists Bahrain DRS issue gained him no time

George Russell insists he gained no time accidentally opening his DRS amid a number of car issues on his way to second place in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Soon after a safety car period in the second half of the race, Russell disappeared from the timing screens as his transponder stopped working, despite still running in second place. That was the first sign of multiple problems that were to follow, with the lack of GPS data meaning he could not judge his DRS gap to other cars, nor could they to him. Russell was told of an override he would need to do by Mercedes in order to use DRS, but he faces an investigation for his rear wing flap opening when he wasn’t within a second of a car in...
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