George Russell has delivered with flying colours. in his first season as a Mercedes driver. English, who was measured against nothing more and nothing less than Lewis Hamilton, he surpassed his partner in a World Cup in which while one seemed to suffer he enjoyed a car that, of course, was better than what he had had up to that moment: Williams.
In this sense, English, which managed the victory in the Brazilian GP, He admits that from the first moment he felt good with the star’s car.
“I was in a more comfortable place. I didn’t need to experiment a lot because I was in a happy place. Good performance, with a relatively strong pace. You can only compare yourself with your teammate,” he says.
And then he talks about Hamilton: “He was trying to find the right configuration. He did very drastic changes within the limits of the car.
“I think I was trying more things to see what setup was best for him,” Russell continues.
This has been the first season in which Lewis Hamilton has not been able to add neither victories nor pole positions since debuted in F1. In terms of the World Cup, the season has finally ended better than it started for him… something that wasn’t too complicated either.
However, Russell he has beaten him in the championship. Fourth for George with 275 points; sixth for Hamilton with 240.