George Russell has recalled an "oh s**t" moment when celebrating his F1 redemption victory in Singapore.
Russell claimed victory on the streets of Marina Bay in 2025, two years after painfully crashing out of the race on the last lap when fighting over second place with Lando Norris - costing himself a podium.
After taking fourth, more than a minute behind Norris in 2024, Russell dominated last season, taking his second grand prix win of the season in commanding fashion.
Recalling his celebration, Russell revealed how he mis-judged jumping off the platform the winner parks on in parc ferme, and suffered hurt legs and ankles.
"It was incredible. I remember watching the pole lap back, and I was really curious to see how close I’d get to that wall, where I crashed a few years earlier," Russell told F1.
"I was really conscious of taking that out of my mind, and I was millimetres away from the wall, so that gave me a lot of pride knowing that it didn’t play on my mind too much.
"It felt so amazing – such a long race, being on the podium with Max and Lando, just totally destroyed!
"Something people might not know from this photo is that in Singapore, you drive up onto a little platform where the car goes.
"From my previous wins and the years gone by, when you jump off the car, you know how much you’re falling. I jumped and went, ‘Oh, shit’.
"The drop was bigger than I thought, because I was dropping beyond the platform. I landed, hurt my leg, hurt my ankle, but the adrenaline overcame me and carried me through it!"
Originally published by RacingNews365 —
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