George Russell says he’s not nervous in regards to the lack of racing in April, which has already shifted momentum within the course of Mercedes teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli within the F1 title race.
George Russell gained the opening race in Australia and the next Shanghai Dash, additional boosting pre-season expectations that he was favourite to win the title.
He then misplaced to Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the principle race in China and final weekend in Japan, the place he benefited from security automotive timing and completed a disappointing fourth place.
Antonelli at the moment leads Russell by 9 factors.
However he insists the 2026 world championship continues to be in its early levels and that luck has performed a task in swinging fortunes, with drivers having issues with new energy items or lacking essential monitor time over the weekend.
When requested about that success, Russell stated, “Actually, I’m wondering the way it all works out.” “I can not say greater than that. Generally guys have issues in follow. All through this season, we’ve not had any issues in follow.”
“I had issues in qualifying. Lando (Norris) had no issues in qualifying, however he had all the issues in follow.
“So these new automobiles are only a matter of luck. However it’s race three of twenty-two races. I am not nervous in any respect. It has been a protracted 12 months. And I do know I’ve what it takes to bounce again and I need not dwell on it.”
Requested if he was involved about Antonelli gaining momentum, Russell made it clear he did not see it as an issue after the Iran struggle prompted an sudden month-long suspension of racing in April.
“No, by no means,” he stated. “We have now a three-race lead after 22 races and if at the moment we have been one lap off (with the security automotive timing) the win would have been on my facet and I’m satisfied of that.
“And in China, if we hadn’t had any issues with qualifying, we had a three-tenths lead in dash qualifying, so perhaps we may have gotten pole place there and gained the race.”
“The result’s that it’s what it’s. That is the race. Now we now have 4 weeks off, so we won’t construct up any momentum. So we reset and head to the subsequent race.”
