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Russell close to lead in Hungary: 'A very unusual situation'

When Lewis Hamilton was the only one to leave the starting grid for the restart of the Hungarian Grand Prix, it was not Esteban Ocon but George Russell who restarted the race from the pit lane on P2. That's because Williams ' pit box is at the end of the pit lane and when Russell drove out of his pit box, he could do nothing but overtake the other drivers. "For a while I thought I had the lead in the race to be honest. It was a strange situation on the restart, with everyone waiting behind each other in the pit lane," Russell explained to Autosport. Over the board radio, there was still advice against overtaking anyone, but by the time the message came through, Russell was...
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