Russell wants automated FIA safety system to suspend F1 races after accidents [Video]

Russell was left screaming for the race to be stopped after his wrecked W15 had bounced back onto the track and come to rest on its side following a crash while chasing Fernando Alonso.

The aftermath of the crash caused considerable concern amongst F1 fans and observers given the danger.

Although the live broadcast cut to Russell’s accident as it was progressing, once he had come to a stop it appeared to take a long time before the virtual safety car system was activated and when it did the Mercedes had already been passed by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll.

He had to be hurriedly warned by his now former race engineer Ben Michell, who from the Suzuka weekend is acting solely as Aston’s head of performance optimisation, as Stroll was approaching the crash site near blind due to the high-speed nature of the corner where the incident occurred.

That knowledge …