Russell: “This time Antonelli was unlucky. I was impressed by Verstappen’s pace”

Back on the top step Almost four months passed from March 8th to June 28th, but now George Russell is back to winning. After a long abstinence and having almost always ‘taken his pay’ from teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, today the Mercedes Englishman returned to occupy the top step of the podium. After yesterday’s controversial pole position, today everything went smoothly for Russell. Bad luck instead went in the direction of Antonelli, who was put in difficulty by the timing of the Virtual Safety Car after Sainz’s stop on the main straight on lap 23. Kimi unlucky and Max very fast “Kimi was the unlucky one this time – commented Russell to the microphones of Sky Sport F1 – because he returned one lap after the Virtual Safety Car, but this is motorsport. However it was a race that went completely smoothly. But I was very impressed by Verstappen’s pace – added the British driver – if we look at the gap between McLaren and Ferrari we would say that Mercedes had an excellent race, but then if we look at Verstappen’s race pace, there it was It’s tough. Max put me under a lot of pressure and forced me to pit with still 28 laps to complete and it was a challenge.”

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2026-06-29 02:01:00