Russell: “I’m proud, this is not my track and I got pole and victory”

Russell chases away the nightmare George Russell hadn’t won since the Australian GP at the start of the season. In Austria the Mercedes driver obtained pole and victory, a real injection of confidence that puts him in the best conditions to set his sights on the Sprint weekend at home in Silverstone. The English driver in the standings recovered 10 points from Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who finished third behind Max Verstappen. The Italian driver still has a 40-point advantage over his teammate and the fight between the two Mercedes promises to be one to follow. “Having won the last two pole positions and having won here this weekend, especially on a track that I don’t think is particularly suited to me, makes me really, really proud – said Russell in the press conference – it’s been a difficult couple of months, with some really complicated races, where it seemed like everything was going against me, and others where I struggled to give my best”. “Even this weekend at times I was six tenths behind Kimi, while then in Q3 I was two tenths ahead – he added – I honestly don’t have a definitive answer to this. But in those moments when I managed to do the pole laps, the car and the tires seemed more similar to those of last year, when I was able to obtain those performances on every lap throughout the weekend. So I will work hard with my team to try to replicate those performances”.

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2026-06-29 07:30:00