Russell complains about the engine, Toto Wolff beats him live: “The straight line speed was good”

George Russell climbs up the charts The wheel of fortune is spinning fast and George Russell is quickly realizing it. Thus, after a few complicated weekends in relations with Lady Luck – especially at the beginning of the season, between Shanghai, Suzuka and Montreal the account was in the red – it certainly cannot be said that, between Barcelona, ​​Spielberg and Silverstone, there was no way to make up for it, and with interest. The numbers speak for themselves, especially in comparison with Andrea Kimi Antonelli: two seconds and a first place in the last 3 GPs for a total of 61 points collected, compared to two 16ths and a third place for the young Italian, i.e. a haul of only 15 points in the Drivers’ standings. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our contents more easily And to say that before the problem with one of the rim covers suffered by the 19-year-old world championship leader and the Safety Car sent on track for Max Verstappen’s accident, the home weekend seemed to have turned into a nightmare for Russell, always far from his teammate’s pace in all the sessions, and then also forced into an unexpected pit stop in the race due to a slow puncture identified by the engineers in the pits. Not without complaints over the radio from George himself, who with a certain vehemence had denounced throughout the first part of the race an annoying lack of power from the power unit which, in his opinion, would have prevented him from fighting at the top with his teammate and the two Ferraris. Toto Wolff, the reproach to Russell live The complaint was then reiterated even after the checkered flag, triggering a piqued reply from Toto Wolff. “Well done for holding on – said Russell via radio after the end of the British GP – but we really need to get to grips with this speed on the straight, because otherwise it would have been a really frustrating weekend. But we were lucky.” Words to which the Austrian team principal responded directly, opening the radio communication during the return lap with a decisive tone: “Yes, George, but I think the top speed on the straight was good in the race”. A way to appease, with a certain firmness, the pilot’s complaints. George Russell-Toto Wolff, back and forth after the race A concept which, however, Russell also reiterated after the end of the GP, in the interview ring with Sky microphones: “Can I smile about the ranking? No, I will smile when I understand why I was so slow and why I lost so much speed on the straight. Today I was a little better, but I will be more satisfied if I understand what happened and can play my cards. Second place? Well, a bit of luck and a bit of bad luck… In the last everyone would have had new tires and I would have been able to describe my emotions well because I probably deserved the third step of the podium behind Charles and Kimi, but in the end I finished second.” For Toto Wolff, also interviewed by Sky at the end of the race, however, the problem is more mental than anything else: “On the one hand I’m happy for George Russell because in recent weekends he had problems with the car, he doesn’t feel well and he has the feeling that there is something wrong

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2026-07-05 18:20:00