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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
Possibly you are overlooking the fact that Alonso admitted, and the data confirmed, that after his initial braking early - which again he admitted was his mistake - he went back on the accelerator. It is quite possible that Russell would have gone into the back of the Aston if Alonso hadn't hit the gas again and possibly his, Russells', reaction was super quick. We don't know, because the Stewards didn't mention it.
Surely all this is really academic; Alonso has admitted he cocked up his approach to the corner, and he was desperately trying to put off Russell so as to avoid the inevitable immediately after they hit the straight and the DRS.
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Russell's telemetry does show that he did brake later and was carrying more speed into the corner than every lap of the GP.
With this in mind, I'm of the opinion that he was going off the track regardless of Alonso's action. For me, this is still mostlu on Russell.