News Details

Williams' Russell happy to recover from 'horrific' week

Williams George Russell jumped from the frying pan into the fire in Baku as he recovered from a viral infection ahead of the race weekend only to be dealt a big blow on the track on Friday. Russel contracted a bug after the Chinese Grand Prix which he battled all the way to Baku, pulling out of media day on Thursday to extend his rest before getting down to work the following day. Unfortunately, the young rookie's running in FP1 - and the session itself - ended after just fifteen minutes with a massive bang, the result of hitting a dislodged manhole cover that critically damaged his FW42, forcing him to the sidelines for the remainder of the day. FIA reveals reasons for Baku manhole issue...
Full Story »
6y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Under the weather Russell skips media duties in Baku

Williams' George Russell arrived in Baku yesterday feeling under the...
6y ago from F1i.com

Baku off with a bang…literally

Photo by: www.kymilman.com/f1 It was a bit of a wild and wooly start to...
6y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Williams confirm damage done to Russell car in Baku...

Williams have confirmed that George Russell's car suffered damage to...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Inconsistency of Williams FW42 handling holding...

Williams rookie George Russell admits he's been challenged so far by the...
6y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Paddock optimism for IndyCar’s new independent...

Drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series are largely happy to see the series’...

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Player ratings: Tottenham 1-4 Arsenal

Arsenal bounced back from disappointment in midweek with a scintillating...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal win battle of derby narratives but tell us...

was a close run thing for a time, but Tottenham’s haplessness prevailed...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

‘Slightly concerned': Sutton slams Arsenal...

Arsenal delivered a blistering response to their recent title jitters with...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Watch: Footage shows Micky van de Ven completely...

Shocking footage has emerged from the stands showing Dutch center-back...
5h 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.