Black Charles Leclerc e Max Verstappen have a higher points average than his al FantaF1. Mr George Russell, the English with good manners and the perfect pronunciation of home Mercedes was the only one to enter Top 5 in all 4 races held so far. “Easy, with one Mercedes” the less attentive would say, but if we look at his teammate's results we understand that the one George He's driving is a less than perfect and competitive car. What makes it competitive is the propensity with which it drives Russell.
On the weekend of Imola the gap between the two riders exploded. Lewis Hamilton he spent most of his race slowly chasing theAlpha Tauri di Pierre Gasly even when the Drag Reduction System (DRS) it was activated in the middle of the race. With reversed positions we don't know what he would have done or not Russell ma George he did an excellent first lap and gained positions, finding himself, or rather putting himself, in a much easier situation than Hamilton found himself in the fray and lapped in the race by his former rival Max Verstappen.
In home Mercedes There is tension but not for the relationship between the two riders who instead esteem and respect each other. The problem arises and ends in the machine and in all the solutions developed to solve the problems. However, should the gap between the two drivers increase over the next few races, it will inevitably lead the team to choose one or the other as the first driver. In this sense George, can feel more comfortable having already demonstrated that he can do great things even with one W13 quite unmanageable.
"Lewis he clearly has the pace”he said Russell a Sky Sports F1 . “He's incredibly fast and he's shown it so far this year, but it's been difficult for us as a team to do it when time is needed”. We all want more. He wants more. No one is happy with the position we currently find ourselves in".
For the team principal of Mercedes Toto wolff, the impressive start to the season of Russell repaid the trust placed in the young Briton from his junior career, after taking him into Formula 1 and then in Mercedes as a regular pilot.
"I'm very impressed with how it's set." he said Wolff. “His professionalism and analysis help us assess the situation.” We have two of the top three drivers maybe and they deserve a car and engine that lets them fight up front rather than being lapped. It's not what any of them deserve."
