168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell has explained the bizarre electrical problems which hampered his F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

The Mercedes driver was impressively able to finish second in Bahrain despit𝕴e battling several odd problems caused🎃 by technical issues inside the cockpit of his W16.

Russell escaped punishment after an i🐟nvestigation fℱor a possible DRS infringement - caused by one of the many systems malfunctions he suffered.

“It was a really challenging race. We had all so♓rts of problem𓆏s in the last 12 laps,” Russell told Sky Sports F1.

“We had a brake-by-wire failure, so when I was hitting the brakes it was going all the way to the floor! I had to do some re-sets, then it came back𒉰 to me. Then it failed.

“For 10 laps in 🅷a row, going i𝓰nto every corner, I didn’t know if my brake was solid or going to the floor.

“It really compromised my 💫race. Coming home P2 was 𝓰mega.”

A transponder gremlin led to Russell repeatedl🌸y vanishing from the timing screens, though he stressed that did not result in any performance deficits.

“Eveওry time I looked at my mirrors, and they were within a second, they had DRS. And I wasn’t using DRS, I was ahead,” he said.

“So that didn’t compromise, at all.”

George Russell escaped penalty in Bahrain

Russell was under investigation for opening the DRS on his Mercedes outside of the d♚esignated DRS zone, but escaped sanctions.

He explained post-race t🌟hat when he hit the radio button it instead𓆉 opened the DRS.

“They were technical problems. I backed off,” he said.🅠 “[It was open for] less than a second. I don’t know how it got triggered.

“T🐟here were problems with the transponder sending signals to the car.

“I was losin🌄g everything on my steering wheel, I had no data on it, I was really compromised on my last stint.

“It🎀 would be exceptionally harsh if [I was punished].”

Mercedes team principal Toto Wol🐷ff praised Russell’s “amazing” drive despite grappling with numerous problems.

“It’s the driver who saved the result today,” Wolff told Sky Sports F1. “The brak🌞e wire was kicking out and he saved it without losing time.

“That’s amazing. It’s almost indescribable if that happens to you. He n🍌urtured the soft tyres well. He defended in the right ways. Hats off to George.”

On the DRS issue, Wolff added: “The DRS beౠacon failed. The automatic DRS, the F1 signal, basica𓆉lly failed. So you had to open it manually.

“He touched the b𓂃utton and closed it again 🥂immediately. There wasn’t any performance advantage.”