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Why Russell was boosted despite ‘biggest blunder'

George Russell says Williams should be buoyed by its recent progress in Formula 1, believing it can fight in the midfield on merit, in the aftermath of his Imola error. Russell qualified in 13th position and moved into the top 10 after Max Verstappen’s tyre failure, but then squandered the opportunity when he crashed under the Safety Car. A distraught Russell labelled it the “biggest mistake” of his career and apologised to Williams for the error. But the display came amid an improved run of form in race trim for Russell and Williams. Russell battled Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen at the Nurburgring, before being punted out by the Finn, and at Portimao classified 14th, in front...
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