The Mercedes driver picked up a five-second time penalty for skipping the Rettifilo chicane and staying ahead of Alpine’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon during a tussle in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix.

Despite the penalty, Russell finished fifth, one place ahead of t♍eammate Lewis Hamilton, who was also hit with a time penalty🦋 for causing a collision with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. 

"I knew t🃏hat there had to be a maximised out-lap, and I came out of the pits right behind or next to Ocon," Russell explained. 

♋"I knew if I fell behind him, my chance to undercut the guys ahead would disappear. I went in very hot into Turn 1, knowing there was a bit of a risk to miss the corner, and that's what happened.

"In Monza, it's a bit of a shame, because it's always a bit of a 'get out of jail free' card with the run-off there. And that gi𝕴ves drivers, especially when you're fighting, the chance to miss the corner. 

“So I'd probably like to 🔯see a bit of a change in that corner in the future.”

Russell said he was willing to risk the potent🥃ial penalty because he knew it was unlikely to impact his race.&ꦍnbsp;

"I knew that P5 was probably the worst that we could have achie🧸ved, considering the gap to t꧅he guy in P6.

"So it would hꩵave only compromised me if it was a safety car right at the end [and the field bunched up]."