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George Russell Crashes in Singapore F1 Sprint
George Russell crashes while leading in Singapore F1 sprint as Max Verstappen wins.
In brief
George Russell crashes while leading in Singapore F1 sprint as Max Verstappen wins. George Russell crashed out of the Singapore F1 sprint race after leading, allowing Max Verstappen to win the sprint race. Originally reported by Road & Track.
Singapore F1 sprint race starts
The Singapore Grand Prix weekend sprint race began with a 45-minute weather delay leaving the field on wet tires on a half-wet, half-dry track.
George Russell leads sprint race
George Russell took the lead of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend sprint race from second on the grid before losing it in the final corner.
George Russell crashes

Russell lost control while trying to find traction on the curb and spun out into the wall as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton came by.
Russell explains crash
Russell said, 'I just misjudged it, to be honest.I came around the corner, I came on the throttle, I got more power than I was expecting from the battery.
“I just misjudged it, to be honest”
Max Verstappen wins sprint race
Max Verstappen backed up his first win of the year last week at the Bahrain Grand Prix with his first sprint victory of the year to begin a late-season charge.
Verstappen focuses on Grand Prix

Verstappen said, 'I want to win tomorrow. I don't see this as a win in terms of actually winning a Grand Prix. So we need to have a good qualifying.'
“I want to win tomorrow”
Russell's penalty and impact
Russell's 40-place grid penalty sent him to the back of the pack for Sunday’s Grand Prix, reducing his chance of points this weekend.
Here's the gist
George Russell crashed out of the Singapore F1 sprint race after leading, allowing Max Verstappen to win the sprint race.





