Russell: “Frustrating, I’m just glad this weekend is over”

The Englishman is -20 behind Antonelli. Andrea Kimi Antonelli made a venial mistake at the end of the Sprint which allowed George Russell to nibble away two points, but yesterday in the GP the Italian driver achieved his third consecutive success which, combined with Russell’s fourth place, brings Antonelli’s advantage over his teammate to 20 points. For three weekends Russell has lost the match with his boxing partner and unlike what happened in China and Japan this time the Englishman cannot cling to contingent situations or bad luck to explain his defeat. “I’m just happy that this weekend is over – said Russell at the end of the race – I can’t wait to go back to racing on more traditional circuits. The performances in the first three races leave me calm, here in Miami there were no external factors that influenced the result, it was a frustrating weekend. In the last 10 laps I tried Antonelli’s settings especially with regards to braking distribution and the lap times were more competitive”.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-04 17:20:00