News Details

Russell denies giving Bottas ‘slap' after crash

Apr.21 George Russell has denied slapping Valtteri Bottas' on the helmet after their high speed Imola crash. The Williams driver, who appears to be in direct competition for the works Mercedes seat for 2022, has now apologised for lashing out at Bottas verbally and physically before the Finn had emerged from his wrecked car on Sunday. But Russell, 23, denies giving his rival a ‘slap'. 'Slap is a very strong word,' he insisted. 'It was nothing more than a brush. I doubt he even felt it. It was more of a ‘what are you doing?' 'I'm sure maybe a footballer would have reacted in a very different way but there was nothing menacing there. It was almost like throwing your arms in the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Russell apologised, but Mercedes mask has slipped

'Yesterday wasn't my proudest day,' George Russell admitted in an...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Russell Apologises To Bottas Following High-Speed...

Williams driver George Russell has apologised to Valtteri Bottas...
5y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Incident ‘won't hurt Mercedes relationship'...

Apr.20 George Russell has publicly apologised to Valtteri Bottas for...
5y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Russell: Not my proudest day, I apologise to Valtteri

George Russell apologised publicly to Formula 1 rival Valtteri Bottas for...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Motorsport legend Alex Zanardi dies aged 59

Ex-F1 and CART driver Alex Zanardi has passed away aged 59. His family...

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'He’s kind of solved that problem for us' - Ian...

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has heaped praise on Viktor Gyokeres after the...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'He gave you that energy, he lifted everybody' - Paul...

Paul Merson has urged Mikel Arteta to start Myles Lewis-Skelly in...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Fit and firing Bukayo Saka injects fresh belief into...

astating cameo highlighted the crucial role the winger has to play if...
13h ago from TheGuardian.com

‘Might leave..' – Ex-player names Arsenal...

As the season approaches its dramatic conclusion this May, the tension...
17h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.