The Mercedes derby seen by the British. Croft admits: “Antonelli superb, he was 2-3 tenths faster than Russell”
The speed shown by the Italian at Suzuka also impressed the Sky UK commentator, who publicly gave him credit.
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Wolff: “Leclerc passed Russell because of a software bug”
Toto Wolff explained that Charles Leclerc blew past George Russell due to an electrical system bug in the software
Russell starts seeing ghosts: “The problems are all on my side. It’s frustrating”
The Mercedes Englishman now seems to be suffering from the internal derby with Antonelli, who has overtaken him at the top of the championship.
Russell is left frustrated: “Something seemed to have broken, complicated qualifying for the second time in a row…”
George Russell’s statements after the 2026 F1 Japanese GP qualifying: the Englishman complains about a problem with his super Mercedes
Russell: “Ferrari faster than us in the corners and in a couple of months some things will change”
George Russell is worried because the technical advantage Mercedes enjoys over Ferrari could soon vanish
Russell: “I was just waiting for the crash between Leclerc and Hamilton, I don’t know how they did it”
George Russell had an exclusive front-row ticket for the derby between the Ferrari SF-26s of Hamiltin and Leclerc.
Russell: “Let’s take advantage of the situation now, in June we don’t know what will happen with the engine”
Russell is happy with 2nd place in China behind Antonelli and wants to build up a reserve ahead of the directive on the compression ratio
Russell: “Without battery at the start of the lap and with cold tires I finished 2nd”
Without battery at the start of the lap and with tires not up to temperature – and after a technical problem -: why Russell’s second position is frightening
Russell: “Hamilton caught me by surprise, Ferrari is very close to us on race pace”
George Russell’s words at the end of the Sprint race in China won ahead of the Ferraris of Leclerc and Hamilton
Russell warns Ferrari: “We have improved a lot in the starts”
George Russell does not believe that the Ferraris will be leading into Turn 1 in the China Sprint, where Hamilton starts 4th and Leclerc 6th