George Russell has publicly apologised to Valtteri Bottas for lashing out after their high speed crash at Imola. After being chided by Toto Wolff, the Mercedes junior and 2021 Williams driver said on social media that he has now decided to “take responsibility”. The apology follows Wolff’s strong rebuke of the 23-year-old driver, who appears to be first in line to succeed one of Mercedes’ current works drivers. “The manoeuvre he made implied risks and did not take into account that the car in front of him was a Mercedes,” said the Austrian. “There is no tension at all between Valtteri and I,” Russell insisted.

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