After his success Chinese Grand Prix race Performance in Shanghai International CircleThe director of the Mercedes Toto Wolf George Russell praised. Wolf stressed his driver as a “warrior”, that the British was on his way to become the number one Formula One driver.
Russell started the second place in the race after the division of McLaren drivers, and the pole Oscar Pestry and Lando Norris, who started third on the network. However, Norris outperformed Russell in the opening lap, with the permission of the McCL39 F1 dominant.
Russell grabbed his position despite Max Versaben’s acquisition at the end of the race. The Chinese GP celebrated the second platform of a messenger for this season, which led to Wolf to give him full points. he He said:
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“George is a warrior in the car and outside the car.
“I don’t give 10 out of 10 because I think there is always better. We haven’t seen the perfect race.
“But given the conditions that George spent today, he is 10 out of 10 because he extracted the maximum of this car, tires and strategy, and it was a great campaign.”
However, Wolf did not retract the complaint that Russell had not received great attention as the best other drivers. He said:
“Little was said about George.”
“I have always said that this is not true, because it is one of the best drivers there. If you want me to remember three, consider being the top, it is absolutely among these three, if not the best. Perhaps it is on his way up.”
When asked about the long -term futures of Russell with Mercedes, the team leader said:
“George is a Mercedes driver, so we like to be in the team.
“He is a novice driver and Mercedes talent.
Thinking at the end P3, Russell was pleased with the result. he He said:
“P3 was the maximum for us today. So we can be happy with the result and get our second platform in two race to start the season. It has started a good start and tried to take the initiative from Oscar. Good.
“It was a really positive start for our season. We finished P3 in Melbourne, P4 in the enemy race yesterday, and P3 again today. We were consistent, and the car felt satisfied. We will continue to work hard to make it faster and hope we can bridge the gap to the same front.”
Russell is currently ranked third in the drivers championship with 35 points, just less than Verstapen in second place.
