Russell preaches calm: “20 points are nothing, in F2 I had an even bigger gap”

F1 World Championship, Russell believes in it The first four races of the World Championship were a cold shower for George Russell, beaten by teammate Kimi Antonelli. Starting (rightly) with the rank of captain, the Briton was challenged by the talent of the Bolognese, capable of pulling off a deadly trio between Shanghai, Suzuka and Miami. In Montreal the #63 was called to react: he understood that he could no longer underestimate the blue, and above all he knew he had to beat a driver with great confidence, who had already shown in Melbourne that he could put him in difficulty in terms of race pace, and then beat him soundly, even due to a few lucky episodes. In Canada Russell plays “at home”, having taken pole position in 2024 as well as pole, fastest race lap and victory in the GP in 2025. Precisely for this reason the Briton is confident of being able to reduce the -20 that currently separates him from his teammate. Russell’s words “I have to focus on myself and control what I can. There is no reason to panic, absolutely. We have only done four races, we have at least 18 ahead of us. If I think back to my season in Formula 2 (a championship which I then won in 2018, ed.), I was sixth after the first stages and had an even wider gap than the current one: having a 20 point gap now means nothing”, this was his comment in the press conference for the Canadian GP. “It’s a race like any other, right now I don’t even have the championship in mind,” he added. “I want to do what I’m capable of and take advantage of my speed. Clearly Miami was a bad weekend, difficult like last year, while last year in Montreal I had a great weekend.”

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-22 04:35:00