George Russell He faces his second season behind the wheel of Mercedes. He has arrived at the worst time for the silver arrows. In a 2022 in which they were very far from fighting for the World Cup. Red Bull and max verstappen they were too superior.
The Englishman does not give up, although he has learned a lot from his first year at Mercedes: “I learn in the races that I fail, when I am below the level. And what I have learned is that many times, The more you try, the more you squeezeyour result is worse.”
“You have to be disciplined and know how much to push. I was always at maximum pressure and that is not the most efficient way to be stronger. When you go out racing hungry and go to the limit every single lap, you’re not that fast,” Russell said.
He is optimistic about his chances from March 5 in Bahrain: “I am confident that we have done the maximum that we could with the information we learned last year. I think we have done everything possible. But sometimes you learn with these kinds of experiences like last year that you have to be cautious.”
“In many seasons we have seen how well Mercedes develops the car during the season. There are improvements that will make the car faster. The car will be lighter than last year and that’s lap times,” he explains.
And so they will approach Ferrari and Red Bull: “Last year we saw the evolution of Red Bull for ‘drag’, we will be faster on the straight. But in the corners you need downforce and we don’t know how it will adjust compared to Red Bull and Ferrari.”
