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George Russell was supposed to win the Sakhir Grand Prix, but he was very unlucky. He was leading confidently, but at first the team put the wrong tires on his car and he had to go back to the pits, then when he almost recovered and quickly caught up with the race leader, it turned out that one of the wheels went flat and George he was forced to spend extra. pit stop. As a result, he finished only ninth …
Q: You could have won your first race in a Mercedes, but you were out of luck …
George Russell: In the past, there have already been races in which I deprived myself of victory, but today it happened twice! I just refused to believe it. We controlled the course of the race, from the beginning I tried to keep some advantage over Valtteri Bottas, but then that pit stop came …
I don’t even know what happened there, but we still managed to recover. We did a big pass, but then one of the wheels went flat. I experienced very difficult emotions, I had a hard time controlling myself. But the wise words of my parents, Toto Wolff, James Ellison, and Bono, my engineer, helped me.
And even though I did cry a bit, I’m still proud of the way I ran the race.
Question: What did your parents tell you and what did Toto say?
George Russell: Mom couldn’t speak, she was probably crying and Dad said they were proud of me. About the same words Toto said: “You drove the race like a champion.” In general, I don’t know what to say. It was almost a fairy tale. Hopefully Toto will now find himself in a difficult position when planning for the future. If I managed to achieve this, this in itself is a small victory.
Q: When the team radioed you that you had a flat tire, did you feel it yet?
George Russell: I started to oversteer slightly, but refused to believe that I had been punctured. It seemed to me that I could handle it. But, apparently, the situation was gradually getting worse, because even in that circle there were several difficult moments. But I really couldn’t believe it!
Preparing for the race we tried to anticipate everything, this week we stayed up late and in my opinion we did everything perfectly. In general, it is very difficult for me to contain my emotions now …
