He was still so close. This Sunday, George Russell once again failed to score points. The British driver has been trying to get them since his debut in Formula 1 with Williams.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the season, Russell has failed 3 times to open his account. At Imola, while fighting for ninth place with Valtteri Bottas, their duel turned into a crash, destroying his chances of scoring points. Just last week, the Briton was once again in a good position, but a mechanical problem ended his hopes.<\/p>\n
This weekend, for the second race at the Red Bull Ring, the Briton did the necessary in qualifying to secure a good place on the grid. With the 9th time, he took advantage of the penalty imposed on Sebastian Vettel to start 8th. His start is bad and he loses several places, ending up 13th.<\/p>\n
He then took advantage of his team’s very good strategy and some magnificent overtakings, such as the one on Lance Stroll, to climb back up in the rankings. With 10 laps to go, he was closing the points zone. However, he was closely followed by Fernando Alonso, who was determined to score points after his frustration in qualifying.<\/p>\n
The Briton defended as best he could, sometimes even at the limit (which earned him a summons by the commissioners), but the Spanish veteran found the flaw four laps from the end. Quicker, Alonso pulled away and left no chance to Russell, who once again narrowly missed his quest.<\/p>\n
As he overtook George Russell for the 10th place, Fernando Alonso made sure to comfort the British driver once back in the pits. The moment was captured by the camera of Antonio Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo. We can see the Alpine driver reaching Russell and embracing him.<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Russell wanted a point… Instead, he got a hug from the man who dubbed him a future champion \ud83e\udd17<\/p>\n
So tantalisingly close to that first point for Williams#AustrianGP<\/a> \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 #F1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JwTdYRf5YZ<\/a><\/p>\n