F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Christian Horner and Sergio Perez blame George Russell for clash that retired Red Bull car
A collision on the opening lap betꦰween Perez and Russell sent the Red Bull driver spiralling into the gravel - he later retired due to the damage.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won the race, ahead of Red B🉐ull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
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But, at their home race at the Red Bull Ring, teওam principle Horner was left ruing that only one of his driver finished the race.
“Losing Checo was hugely 🌼disappointing,” he told Sky.
“I don’t th🐼ink Mercedes like our cars going 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: “It is a big shame for us. I clearly felt, from our side, that we did everything we possibly coulꦛd to avoid th😼e incident.
“It 𒉰was up to George to control his car. He couldn’t control it, clearly.
“We ended up making contact when I was clearly ah🐻ead.”
Horner said about his decision to retire Perez: “There was so much damage. Ther🔯e was no chance to score points so it was better to save the mileage.”
Russell finished in P4 behind teammate Hamilton.
Rus💖sell said to Sky: “It was very frustrati💦ng to have the first-lap incident.
“I braked hard, I ওbraked late. Checo had the clean line🍰.
“As soon as we started to turn in, I knew we would make𓃲 contact.
“I wa💝s already on the limit of my car - braking as hard as I could, tౠurning 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 ꧙covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
