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An untelevised snippet of team radio has revealed the moment George Russell ’s race engineer aimed a cheeky dig at Fernando Alonso at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Alonso and Russell have established something of a rivalry in recent weeks after the Aston Martin driver was hit with a 20-second time penalty for “potentially dangerous driving” in defence against Russell in the closing laps of the Australian Grand Prix.Alonso’s punishment came even though the two cars did not even make contact prior to Russell’s crash at Turn 6 in Melbourne, with the two-time World Champion vowing at Suzuka last weekend that the penalty “will not change” his style of racing.
The pair were almost reunited in Japan, where Russell caught Alonso and Oscar Piastri, holding sixth and seventh place respectively, on fresher tyres in the final laps.revealed, Alonso employed another defensive trick by slowing deliberately to give Piastri DRS to help the McLaren driver defend from Russell.F1 2024 driver salaries revealed: Who are the highest-paid drivers on the grid?
Russell eventually found a way past Piastri on the last lap but was unable to catch Alonso, whose defensive tactics were likened to fellow Spaniard Carlos Sainz’s DRS trick at the end of the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.A roundup of the best Japanese GP team radio published to F1’s official YouTube channel has revealed the moment Russell’s engineer poked fun at Alonso’s defence, joking that the Aston Martin driver “had a couple of issues with his throttle” at the end of the race.
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