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Lap 1, Spa
“
I take full
responsibility
for my crash yesterday
— Lewis Hamilton
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Lewis Hamilton is contesting his 5-second penalty for contact with George Russell at the start, the same incident that left Russell fuming on the radio. Hamilton doesn't dodge his own mistake first: "it was a tough weekend, I take full responsibility for my crash yesterday, which also led to an incorrect setup and cost me places in qualifying." On the Russell contact: "my starting grid position forced me to drop back, and then I found myself in a situation where George seemed to have lost power. Then he just came out to the outside, and we ended up stuck against each other." His case: "I think it was a racing incident and there shouldn't have been a penalty." 📸📰 via post-race interview #F1 #Hamilton #Russell #BelgianGP
