George Russell conquers the fourth provisional podium in a row in the last 4 races. A result that he considers himself very enthusiastic about due to the not always performing car of the 2024 season now come to an end. Tomorrow, in the official race of the GP of Qatar, part in first row behind Max Verstappen.
George Russell on the front row, what does the driver think?
What we all wonder is whether the British George Russell in the race he will maintain second position and fight for the second victory in a row or he will behave as a good ally of McLaren in view of the constructors' title. Already in the Sprint Race we saw an aggressive Russell towards the Papaya team, and given his fairly good race pace he could even fight for the victory.
"I'm in a great row, I've been on the front row for the last 4 qualifying sessions. Something I could only dream of a few races ago. I feel like I'm in great rhythm, my first lap was one of the best I've ever done and, for some reason, I couldn't find that little something extra in the last one."
"Max got the better of me in the end, but I'll take the positives. The car was great all weekend and we'll enjoy it while we can."
When asked about a possible impeding by Max Verstappen The English driver remains vague about him, although he asked on the team radio that he be investigated. The qualification ends without no investigation for Max.
"I don't know, you tell me! In the end I went on the Gaia and the bottom scraped, I hope I didn't damage it, it's a bit of a thorny situation. But I remain positive, we are coming off positive races, this weekend too the pace is good and then we are all close."
«It was a good fight with Oscar, tomorrow I will be able to fight with Max. I want to have a good race without team orders [most likely helping McLaren, ed.].»