Russell says pass on Norris in Monaco was 'pretty dicey'

George Russell says his race up the hill in Monaco with Lando Norris led to a "pretty dicey" pass on the McLaren driver, but one that he said was unfortunately missed by F1's TV director.

On lap 22, Norris swapped his intermediates for a set of hard tyres, and rejoined the track after his pitstop just ahead of Russell, forcing the Mercedes driver to dart to the right on the wet line to out-drag him on the run up the hill.

The risky move handed fifth place to Russell, but the Briton was disappointed the pass hadn't been picked up by the F1 TV director.

"It was a positive race, I think," said Russell after the race, quoted by Motorsport.com. "On the hard tyre we were the quickest car on track at some points and I was really pushing the limits, and that was very enjoyable.

"They didn't show my overtake on Lando, which was a bit disappointing.

"He sort of came out of pits directly in front of me and sort of chopped across and I managed to overtake on the wet stuff.

"So that was pretty nice. And yeah, I sort of managed it until the end, it was not easy on that medium tyre."

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Commenting on his rival's tricky overtake, Norris mockingly played down the move which he said was possible only because of Russell's higher tyre temperatures.

"If that was a mega overtake then he's done some shite overtakes!" said the McLaren driver. "I mean, I just came on the box on wet tyres.

"And he obviously gained a lap prior because of being on the slick, the slick was the tyre to be on.

"He had warm tyres, mine were cold. And he came past me, it's quite simple. I wasn't impressed at all. I was more frustrated."

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