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Daniel Moxon

Christian Horner cracks Lewis Hamilton joke after George Russell and Sergio Perez contact

Red Bull chief Christian Horner reacted to a collision involving Sergio Perez and George Russell by cracking a joke about Mercedes.

Perez was sent flying off the track and into the gravel after contact with Russell at turn four on the first lap. The Brit sustained some damage and was slapped with a five-second penalty, but it was worse for the Red Bull racer who was later forced to retire from the race.

Reacting to that incident, Horner referenced the 2020 race when Alexander Albon, then of Red Bull, was denied what looked set to be a first career podium after contact with Lewis Hamilton at the very same corner. "I don't think Mercedes like our cars going round the outside at turn four," he quipped while speaking to Sky Sports F1.

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