Russell believes his CanadianGP crash was not the reason behind his second retirement of the 2023 F1 season.
for third place before settling into position. But on lap 12 of 70, he ran deep into the Turns 8-9 chicane to hit the inside kerb.Russell managed to limp the W14 back to the pits for repairs and he did resume, eventually climbing up to eighth place in a car he reported to be"a bit bent but it's OK".Initially, it was thought that his retirement was directly related to the wall hit that might have damaged the brake cooling ducts to cause temperatures to spike.
"Next thing, I'm in the air. When I landed, I lost the rear and I was in the wall. It all happened really quite suddenly."
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