George Russell says his spin under the Safety Car was a result of “going over the lim🍷it” as he squandered a chance of scoring his maiden F1 points at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Russell had been running just outs🍌ide of the points until the late Safety Car period which was deployed due to Max Vers🎃tappen suffering a rear tyre failure.

The Williams driver was promoted to tenth but spun on the run to the first Acque Minerali right-hander, hitting the barrier in the proces♔s.

Russell’s latest retirꦓement means he’s still yet to score a point since making his F1 debut at the start🐲 of 2019.

“I don’t💟 really know what to say. I was wo♔rking as hard as I could to keep the tyres working.”

“I was pushing the tyres throughout the race. It’s probably the most on the limit I’ve ever been throughout the whole of the race. I think it was really showing and we were in such aꦑ good position. Obviously, I went over the limit.

“As soon as I lost the car it 🔯was already too late and I was in the wall. Really sorry for the team and unacceptable from my side.”

Without the spin, Russell wo💟uld have been under serious threat from Kimi Raikkon🌼en and Sebastian Vettel, who had stopped for fresh soft tyres - explaining why the Mercedes junior was so keen to ensure his hard tyres were up to temperature.

“I was accelerating, I was ౠchanging gear at the same time, just with cold tyres. This sometimes happens with cold tyres. It was my job to try and work them as hard as I can to try and keep Kimi and Sebastian behind me who had the new, hot fresh tyres.

“But no excuses🥀. I’ll ꧃go away and learn from this and try to come back stronger next time.”