Russell is enjoying it: “I like this car, I like this engine”
The team radio of Australian GP winner George Russell, Mercedes one-two with the Englishman ahead of Antonelli
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Russell-Leclerc, back-and-forth in the cool-down room: “You weren’t slow”, “Yes, but yesterday…”
The Englishman and the Monegasque teased each other at the end of the race regarding the performance of their respective cars
Vigna: “Happy for Vasseur, for the drivers and for everyone in Maranello, a good start, let’s continue to collect data and to understand”
The words of Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna at the end of the Australian GP concluded on the podium
Verstappen ‘christens’ Lindblad: “This id***t brake-tested me in the pit lane”
The Dutchman did not appreciate a certain ‘roughness’ from the English rookie.
Vasseur: “Taking advantage of the 1st VSC wouldn’t have changed anything. Half-second gap from Mercedes, but developments matter”
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur comments on the performance in the Australian GP, finished in P3 and P4 by Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton
Russell: “Ferrari was fast, without the Virtual Safety Car I don’t know if we would have won”
Australian GP winner George Russell emphasized at the end of the race that he had to thank the VSC which avoided the fight with the Ferraris.
Toto Wolff: “We weren’t hiding, we are surprised”
The Mercedes co-owner and team principal has denied hiding the potential of the W17 in winter testing
Pirelli strategies: what the first race of 2026 will be like
Simone Berra, Pirelli Chief Engineer, outlines the strategies ahead of the first race of the new regulations
Verstappen: “These F1 cars don’t give me any emotions, I feel empty. They drive in an unnatural way, this is not racing”
The four-time world champion lashed out at the regulatory direction taken by F1 for 2026
Leclerc: “After what we saw in FP3, perhaps Mercedes wasn’t even at maximum power in qualifying…”
The Monegasque Ferrari driver is convinced that in the race Mercedes will have an advantage of about one second per lap