According to Russell, these are team sports; Wolff told us what broke

When the safety car was sent to the track, everything went wrong at Mercedes (Photo: AFP)

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Had to wait 190 races Sergio Péreznek, to celebrate for the first time in his life at the top of the F1 podium. At the start of the chaotically formed Sahiran GP, ​​the Racing Point driver had to withdraw from the end of the field, but when the checkered flag waved, partly due to Mercedes’ troubles, he was able to rejoice.

“It takes me a long time to finally understand this Pérez confessed after the descent. – I dreamed of this moment many, but then it always woke me up. Now I don’t even know if it’s just a dream or if I’m really living it. At worst I thought it would never work because I never had a car that could have done that. Today, however, things finally went well and we had a great race. There was also a lot of bad luck in the past at George, but as a team we did very well when we decided to go all the way on those tires. I think in the end we were able to keep the first place thanks to the long life of the tires. “

Pérez also turned to dusty Russell and drew attention to what is wrong with Formula One today.

“George showed the talent that he has today, but the problem is that in F1 he can only sit in a Mercedes or win on his own.” Said the 110th race winner in series history.

For almost three-quarters of the race, it seemed that George Russell He could debut in the Mercedes colors with a win, but that’s when the pit lane drama hit. The No. 63 car, on the other hand, was fitted with one of Bottas’s tires, forcing Russell to stand out once again, then backtracked to the end of the field due to a slow puncture. The British driver, who can meet Williams again at the end of the season, at the end of the season, was naturally very disappointed after the race.

“I cannot put into words what happened today. When I got out of the car, I didn’t feel really good. I’ve had tournaments where victory got out of hand before, but make that happen twice now? He asked the poetic question. – I just couldn’t believe it. I gave it my all, started the race from the beginning, ran with confidence and held the lead over Valtteri, then came the confusion at the boxing stop. Then I got into Valtteri and had to overtake him. But that’s how racing is, it’s also a team sport. We work everything together. “

After Russell’s career, of course, reporters Toto Wolffnak They nailed the problem in the failure, since in the past it was not really the case that the squad now seven times world champion was that big.

“George did well on the hard tires and could have stayed out, but we had the advantage of standing out again. The Mercedes team boss described the situation. – Sure, the decision is questionable, but I definitely think we were challenged at the right time, only the tires were bad. One of the wheel change teams that did George’s wheel change did not hear us speak because there was a problem with the radio and the mechanics removed the wrong tires. “

The fact that Russell was easily integrated into the team and made Bottas’s job quite difficult over the weekend, of course, meant that Wolff also had to explain about next year’s driver lineup.

“George is a Williams running back and our running backs are Valtteri and Lewis. At the moment, I don’t see realistic changing the 2021 lineup. I understand that many would think this would be an exciting situation. Maybe it will happen in the future. ” Wolff said.