George Russell, F1 driver

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says the Austrian brand will mainly look at its junior drivers for the future, rather than established Formula 1 stars.Red Bull is searching for the best driver to partner Max Verstappen in the future, due to incumbent Sergio Perez – who is under contract for next year – having struggled to match his team-mate lately.Perez scored only 41 points in the latest 12 ...

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Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes his Red Bull Formula 1 rival Christian Horner is just "stirring sh*t up" by namechecking George Russell as a future Red Bull option.Red Bull's long-term driver line-up has been one of the main conversation topics over the Singapore weekend, with Daniel Ricciardo expected to be replaced ahead of Austin's US Grand Prix by reserve driver Liam Lawson at Red ...

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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff revealed both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were "overheating" after both drivers skipped Formula 1 media obligations following the Singapore Grand Prix.The championship's governing body, the FIA, accepted Mercedes' request for the drivers not to face the media due to their conditions after a gruelling 62 laps at the Marina Bay circuit - the first time since ...

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George Russell hailed a turnaround from Mercedes as it recovered from a slow start to the weekend to lock out the second row of the grid for the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.Lewis Hamilton starts third with team-mate Russell alongside him in fourth, despite the pair explaining the struggles they endured during Friday’s practice runs, the second of which ended with Russell crashing into the ...

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Lando Norris headlined Formula 1's final free practice session ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix with a 0.479-second margin over George Russell.During the end-of-session qualifying simulations, Norris broke past Russell's earlier effort with a 1m29.646s on the soft tyres, setting the fastest lap ever recorded at the Marina Bay circuit in the process.Oscar Piastri completed the top three, almost ...

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Pirelli says it has cleared up matters with Mercedes driver George Russell after his criticisms of “infuriating” performance fluctuations between its different tyres.Russell spoke out after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in saying that Pirelli’s current products were not “good enough” because of the wild swings in pace.Having struggled on the medium compound in Baku but then proved really ...

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Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton had contrasting fortunes during Friday’s free practice sessions for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Russell needed a change of engine after early issues, which were compounded by further problems towards the end of the day.After FP1, Mercedes spotted an anomaly in the oil analysis it was conducting on Russell’s engine. It then decided to swap in a ...

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Mercedes’ George Russell says his Italian Grand Prix nearly ended in tears, after narrowly avoiding contact at around 340km/h when battling Red Bull’s Sergio Perez for eighth place.Having damaged his front wing in an incident at the start of the Monza Formula 1 race, Russell was charging through the field after coming out in 12th position following his second pitstop, having swiftly overtaken ...

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George Russell was pleased to qualify third for the Italian Grand Prix given his lack of track time over the weekend, in the wake of new Mercedes recruit Andrea Kimi Antonelli's FP1 shunt at Parabolica.The Briton gave up his seat for Antonelli, as per Formula 1's rookie driver FP1 rules, and the Italian rookie impressed across his lap and a half before bringing his session to an abrupt end with a ...

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Lewis Hamilton headlined the final free practice session of the Italian Grand Prix weekend, 0.093 seconds clear of Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate George Russell.In a closely contested session, in which the top six were all within a quarter of a second, the two Mercedes cars displaced Charles Leclerc from the leaderboard's zenith in their final fresh soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying.Amid ...

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George Russell has backed a Formula 1 proposal to host a sprint race for rookie drivers after the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tyre test, but Max Verstappen is unconvinced.The F1 Commission will discuss the idea at the end of September of giving rookie drivers – those that have not competed in more than two GPs – a dedicated televised race after the tyre test that has come to close each ...

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George Russell says he was "left scratching his head" after going backwards in the Dutch Grand Prix.The Mercedes driver qualified in fourth place and had looked strong all weekend going into Sunday's race but struggled for pace and finished seventh - one spot ahead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton.Russell, 26, who came into this weekend having been denied victory in the Belgian Grand Prix after his ...

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George Russell thinks tyre overheating led to his half-second deficit to Dutch Grand Prix polesitter Lando Norris after being on the pace throughout Q1 and Q2.Russell and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton are looking to build on winning three of the last four races, but as the F1 season resumed in Zandvoort the pair qualified only fourth and 12th respectively.Read Also:


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Mercedes' George Russell led McLaren driver Oscar Piastri in a crash-interrupted FP2 for the Dutch GP, with home hero Max Verstappen down in fifth.Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris finished in third and fourth, while the other Red Bull driver, Sergio Perez, did not break into the top 10 and Ferrari suffered a reliability scare for Carlos Sainz.In marked contrast to the wet and wild conditions that ...

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George Russell was aware he was “a little bit light” ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix he won on the road but lost to a post-race disqualification.The Mercedes driver was stripped of the Spa victory he had secured with an audacious one-stop strategy to finish ahead of his team-mate and long-time leader Lewis Hamilton, after his car was found to be 1.5kg underweight – a ...

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A triple whammy of worst-case scenarios has emerged as the cause of George Russell's car being underweight in Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix.Russell was disqualified following his victory at Spa-Francorchamps last month after his Mercedes W15 was found to be 1.5kg under the minimum weight limit in post-race scrutineering.Mercedes had no immediate answer as to what had caused Russell's car to be ...

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Mercedes suspects that plank and tyre wear, plus weight loss by George Russell himself, may have contributed to his car being under the limit at the end of Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.Russell was disqualified from his victory after last weekend’s race at Spa when his Mercedes was found to be 1.5kg below the minimum weight limit of 798kg that includes the driver.Early analysis conducted by ...

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In the immediate aftermath of the Belgian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton questioned why he wasn't afforded the same one-stop strategy that helped team-mate George Russell win the race.Read Also:


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While George Russell's underweight car handed victory in the Belgian Grand Prix to Lewis Hamilton, it should take nothing away from the brilliance of his strategy and driving.Russell's bold call along with his pitwall in opting for an unlikely one-stop opened the door for what had looked like what was going to be a run to fifth place turning into a victory on the road.It was also a win that served ...

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George Russell’s disqualification for his Mercedes being underweight caught his team by surprise after Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.Indeed, with no obvious smoking gun, such as a missing car part, it had no immediate answer as to how it had ended up in the situation it did.Some factors that may stand out as immediate considerations – such as Russell having burned more fuel because the ...

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Russell, who pulled off a majestic one-stop strategy to his rivals’ two-stoppers, was disqualified after post-race scrutineering as his car was found to be underweight.Hamilton inherited his win, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc also promoted.2024 F1 Belgian Grand Prix results



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Toto Wolff says Mercedes has "no excuse" and "clearly made a mistake" that lost George Russell his Belgian GP victory in a technical rules breach.Russell has been stripped of the victory he took ahead of long-time race leader and his Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton after Russell's W15 was found to be 1.5kg underweight in post-race checks.After the race, questions were posed over whether the ...

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George Russell has lost his surprise 2024 Belgian Grand Prix victory due to a strict rule on Formula 1 car weight when it has been drained of fuel.Russell’s stunning one-stop strategy kept him ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton late in the race at Spa, after the second Mercedes had dominated proceedings until the closing stages.

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George Russell has been disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix after his Mercedes Formula 1 car was below the 798kg minimum weight, handing Lewis Hamilton victory.Russell's car was found to be at the minimum 798kg weight limit when the FIA initially weighed the Briton's car and, after draining 2.8 litres from the fuel tank in order to take his one-litre fuel sample for scrutineering, it was ...

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Belgian Grand Prix winner George Russell faces disqualification as his Mercedes Formula 1 car was found to be underweight after having its fuel drained in post-race checks.The Briton clinched a third F1 victory after switching strategies to a one-stopper, and held off a rapidly-chasing Lewis Hamilton for the lead until the end.However, post-race checks by the FIA have shown that the car still had ...

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