Context is everything on social media. That being said, it would appear that the whole context is lost on Mercedes’ George Russell. Recently, the Brit came onto social media and issued an apology. The whole context behind the tweet and the way it was posted scared the life out of F1 fans.

Black and white photos don’t always mean well. Further, when the caption of a tweet is so ambiguous. Also, it does tend to alert a few people. F1 fans were quick to take to the social media platform to share their reactions to Russell’s bizarre tweet.

Russell came on to Twitter and shared an apology. One might expect sinister undertones seeing the whole grimness around the post. But the reason why Russell posted the apology would make even the most serious person laugh given how the fans reacted.

Fans react as George Russell posts a cryptic yet harmless apology on Twitter

Apologies on Twitter are always a hit or a miss. But the latest George Russell apology was something totally else. As soon as the Brit posted this Tweet on his social media handle, the fans were quick to jump onto Twitter and share their reactions. Let’s take a look at just a few of the fan reactions to this tweet.

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The brit recently had come under a lot of fire for his antics at the Mexican and the US Grand Prix. At the US Grand Prix, he took Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz out at the very first lap of the race. Later, at the Mexican Grand Prix, he came onto the team radio and went on an angry rant about the strategy. These incidents haven’t left him a very popular man.

As it turns out, the apology wasn’t for either of those incidents. The apology was for, in fact, being away from social media itself! That being said, the fans were lapping up the opportunity to get one up on the Brit who had given them such a scare for such a non-contextual tweet.

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