Russell has revealed that his helmet broke the headrest of his F1 car in his gravel trap battering during BrazilGP qualifying.
driver was making a second attempt at a quick lap in Q3 on the damp circuit when he ran off the road at Turn 4 after locking up the rears on the entry and touching the grass.
But after trying to do a spin turn to get himself facing the right direction, his rear wheels got stuck in the gravel and he was out on the spot. Asked what he was thinking as he ran off the road, he said:"What's going through my mind is I was getting a really bad headache. I've broken the headrest because my head was banging so much. It was a pretty unpleasant experience.
Russell said it had been tricky to extract the most from the car over that critical first Q3 lap because the rain was making conditions worse by the second."It's mixed emotions because we were obviously one of the last cars to go out in qualifying, and it was such a unique experience," he said.
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