George Russell missed the post-Miami Grand Prix press convention for “medical causes”, after ending third across the Arduous Rock Stadium.
The Mercedes driver took half within the speedy post-race interviews on the again of a truck as they went around the observe and was having fun with the champagne on the rostrum.
However an hour later within the press convention room, held within the altering room of the Miami Dolphins, the McLaren pair of race winner Oscar Piastri and second-place Lando Norris had been left to area questions from the media on their very own.
Mercedes mentioned that Russell missed the press convention for “medical causes”.
George Russell, Mercedes
Photograph by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Photos
Russell has since been summoned to the stewards after Crimson Bull launched a protest in opposition to him for not slowing below yellow flags. Max Verstappen completed fourth so a penalty in opposition to the Englishman would promote the world champion as much as third. It’s not clear if Russell would have the ability to attend.
Earlier than the race Russell was joined by the remainder of the grid for the drivers’ parade as they took to the observe in life-size LEGO fashions of the F1 automobiles.
With Russell behind the wheel and his team-mate Kimi Antonelli sat behind him, the drivers clearly loved driving the large toy automobiles.
With a high velocity of 20km/h, it was not about velocity however extra like bumper karts because the drivers laughed with one another and frequently made contact.
After the race, Russell joked that he had injured Norris’ leg in a collision of their LEGO automobiles.
“I believe Lando’s a bit upset with me. We had a little bit of a crash on the Lego race this morning. I gave him a little bit of an injured leg, so I don’t know if he’s going to come back and complain at me for one thing,” Russell mentioned.
“[The LEGO race] was undoubtedly my favorite race of the day. That was superior. We have to do that each race.”
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