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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...
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