George Russellfresh from fourth place in Montmelò and previously from the only podium of his season in Montreal, wants to play a leading role again this weekend (in which the Sprint format will be proposed again) at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on the occasion of the Austrian Grand Prix 2024the eleventh round of the year for the Formula One World Championship.
“In Barcelona we finished I don’t know how many seconds behind the winner, maybe 20 seconds, which is a lot in the big picture. But we know we had the fastest car at the previous round in Canada, and you can’t have the most competitive car on the grid every weekend“, declares the Briton from Mercedes on the eve of the Styrian round (source: Motorsport-Total).
“In Spain Max had it (the best car, ed.), he could have gone even 6 tenths per lap faster in the high-speed corners. This makes it easier to manage the tires better. Verstappen is one of the best ever, but the package between him and the car is like that of Lewis in the winning era with Mercedes“, continues the former Williams about the last race.
“We are fourth in the constructors’ championship and have more time to spend in the wind tunnel than our rivals, but now we know what we need to make these bigger steps. We are all excited for the rest of the season and hope to start winning races from now on. The pace we have shown recently has allowed us to be ahead in the last two races, now that we have the updates. We weren’t at this point at the beginning of the season“, concludes Russell.
