George Russell says he doesn’t understand the reason for his heavy crash in FP2 at the Mexico City Grand Prix that left Mercedes with a major rebuild overnight.
For the second successive weekend, Russell crashed heavily and had to be cleared from the medical center at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez due to the size of the impact. He was quickest in the first practice session but then lost control over the curb at Turn 8 early in FP2 and spun into the wall at high speed.
“Honestly, don’t know what happened,” Russell said. “The car started bouncing on the ground and before I had a chance to catch it, I was already spinning.
“A lot of work for the guys tonight again. It seems like it’s one thing after another at the moment. It’s frustrating. FP1 we were very strong, very fast. Tried to take the same line, cutting that corner, and for whatever reason on this occasion in FP2 the thing just started going on me.”
Despite the crash, Russell believes it wasn’t as costly as usual due to the elongated tire test format of FP2, and he hopes to be able to recover during the final practice session on Saturday.