Russell admits he enjoyed Wolff's radio messages during his intense battle with Perez in the FrenchGP: 'Sometimes having these exchanges brings it a little bit closer together.' F1
in the latter stages of Sunday's race at Paul Ricard.
Russell was incensed that Perez kept the position – which went unpunished by race stewards after an investigation – and made his feelings clear on theCommenting on this, Russell, who eventually took third from Perez after a late virtual safety car message glitch caught the Red Bull out, says he enjoyed the input from Wolff and feels it helps bring driver and team"a bit closer together" in these high-intensity situations.
"We're in this together as a team, and when you're sat in the car, sometimes you do feel a bit alone because we're in the car, we're doing everything we can and you don't know what the engineers are looking at, the engineers don't totally feel what we're feeling within the car, and sometimes having these exchanges brings it a little bit closer together.
"I felt it was my corner, I was down the inside, I had my front wheels in front of his rear wheels, and to the letter of the law, it was my corner, and he squeezed me a bit onto the kerb and he went wide, and kept his position.
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