Russell: If I do everything right, I can defeat anyone.
George Russell, after retiring on lap 29 during the Canadian Grand Prix due to a battery failure in the power unit, is already 43 points behind Kimi Antonelli, his teammate at Mercedes. However, the setbacks do not seem to affect his mood, and he is not planning to give up. Meanwhile, the 19-year-old Italian has already secured his fourth consecutive victory in the first five races of the season, and it feels like with each passing stage of the championship, he is driving better and more confidently.
In 2026, Russell received a real chance to fight for the title for the first time in his career, but even during the times when his teammate was Lewis Hamilton, George was practically competing on equal terms with him and often outpaced the seven-time world champion.
The British driver made it clear that the extent of the gap from his teammate does not concern him much, and he is, as always, fully focused on his own work. "I have to be honest, my main competitor is myself," Russell told RacingNews365. "I have been doing the same for the past seven years of my Formula 1 career. I know that if I do everything right, I can outpace any competitor. It was the same last year when I was Kimi's teammate, and the year before that when I was teammates with Lewis."
The essence of these words is that George considers his main task in each race weekend to achieve the best possible result, which requires him to give his all and for his engineers to do everything they can as well. "It's not about me being better than the others. I just try to find a way to give my all and for my engineers to help extract the maximum from the car through setup and tire work. I know that if all this comes together, I can win. And that is my goal," Russell added.
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