'I'm fine, more just frustrated about about having a good start and then going for nothing.'
Alex Albon says he is fine after a heavy shunt on the opening lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix, a racing incident triggered by the “backstop” Haas teammates.
Momentarily three abreast, Kevin Magnussen moved to the right to get a better line into the corner and tagged Nico Hulkenberg who in turn crashed into Albon.Hitting the rear left of the Williams, which pitched Albon to the right and he then speared into Magnussen’s VF-23 beforeThe good news is the driver says he is okay, more frustrated than anything at missing out on a potential points-scoring result.
“It was a big hit actually,” Albon told the media. “You never liked hitting it head-on because obviously you just get that motion which is never that nice.“We get in front of them two Haas, we knew they were going to be the backstop, they were going to be the traffic makers, and if I could get past them early in the race, we would have had a really good chance to score points.
“It’s just unfortunate because this is what we don’t want where there’s a Ferrari out, Daniel’s a lap down, Piastri’s is a lap down and now there’s a chance to score points and they’re the races that we do well at, we scrap at.F1 2023: Head-to-head qualifying and race stats between team-mates
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