Listen to this article From 11th on the grid at Imola, Russell made a good start and had a superb race to fourth place in the tricky wet/dry event. Hamilton, meanwhile, spent most of the race stuck behind Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri, but gained a place when Esteban Ocon was hit with a five-second penalty for an unsafe release in front of Hamilton in the pits. It marked the third race in a row that Russell had finished ahead of Hamilton after taking fifth in Jeddah and third in Australia, but the former Williams driver says their discrepancy in results at Imola was just down to circumstances and stressed that he’s “not getting comfortable” with his experienced teammate. “I think it’s just how things fall out sometimes in a race weekend,” he said. “I made a very strong start. I don’t know what happened with him [Le …

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