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Originally Posted by Artemis
Senna (with undamaged car) stopped on track to save Comas (damaged car) at Spa-Francorchamps in 1992. He switched off the main switch inside Comas's car to limit the risk of fire. Car still on full throttle could have exploded any second, taking away the lives of both Comas and Senna.
Two years later (1994 - Imola): lethal crash of Senna. Comas stormed away out of the pitlane despite the red flag, to get to the accident scene. But it was in vain (and Senna was already in the hands of marshals and medical teams). See from 10:03 onwards. It first looked like a major pitlane error, but it was Comas who tried to help the very brave pilot who had come to his rescue in 1992.
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Alternative view on this.
Russell increased risk to himself and track workers. Leave the rescue operation to trained professionals. F1 safety crews training and response time has improved significantly. Russell accomplished nothing except distracting safety crews with an additional possible medical evacuation. He has no radio and flailing his arms to point to an overturned car was useless and irresponsible. Two safety crew members had to escort him back to safety, which is two less crew members to assist Zhou. Collateral damage due to untrained “heros”, is the biggest risk of any rescue ops. Doctor is chasing Russell to confirm he is ok, he should have stayed in the car.
70-90s F1 (maybe 00s) track safety workers were not equipped or trained in the same way, so drivers could make the difference possibly. Not today.
Maybe he wanted to punch Zhou in the face like Bottas.