[NeilP]

I think Russell is very frustrated. He assumed (like probably all of us) he was going to be challenging for race wins every race at Mercedes and is probably cursing his luck that is not the case. As for his situation on Sunday he put himself there nobody else. It's an unwritten rule in F1 you do not take your team mate out. Hamilton as befits his ability and standing was in exactly the right place at the right time **shock**.

Many will point out that Russell is probably going to finish ahead of Hamilton in the points table but that does not reflect the work that is going on or should I say ongoing at Mercedes. Russell still has a lot to learn and I hope he is studying Hamilton closely. If he is going to tackle Verstappen in the future he needs the race craft of a Hamilton to do so. Verstappen is fast and yields to nobody, to beat him you have to be both smarter than him and also accept you are going to need to crash with him a few times.

I would not be too upset Papa he is just finding his feet and trying to grow as both a man and an F1 driver and as we all know and probably still experience life is full of speed bumps.