Russell hoped to win very early in the season
Arriving this season at Mercedes, George Russell believes that he has maximized his results in the first few Grand Prix. However, the young British driver hoped to win a Grand Prix before the seven-race mark.
September 7, 2021, Mercedes announced that George Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas in the team for the 2022 season. The young British driver had the opportunity to spend three seasons at Williams to gain experience before joining, what was, before this season, the most stable team since the beginning of the hybrid era.
Yes, but here’s the thing, Russell arrives the year where Mercedes is experiencing its worst start to the season in many years. Unable to compete for victories in a straightforward manner, the W13 bounces a lot and is quite difficult to drive, especially in the early Grand Prix races. However, after seven races, the former Williams driver is remarkably consistent, as evidenced by this impressive series of top 5 finishes. More comfortable than his seven-time world champion teammate, he is currently proving that Mercedes made the right choice.
Russell himself believes that he managed to put everything together in the early races. « I think that given the pace of the car and where we were as a team, I am reasonably happy with how I performed. I believe that the results have been maximized. I don’t see many races where we could have achieved better results. »
Despite this very good start to the season, Russell keeps a critical eye on the performance of his car, which he expected to be better than this. (e)
I think that if you had told me before the season that after seven races I wouldn’t have a victory to my name, I would certainly have been a bit disappointed with that. (e)
After Toto Wolff estimated that without the misfortune he endured, Lewis Hamilton should regain the upper hand, George Russell has all the cards in hand to continue impressing.
