After the Bahrain GP, the Mercedes driver said he was already ready to bet on a coat of victories from Red Bull in this championship
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Russell disheartened
The long days of analysis that followed Red Bull’s triumph in the Bahrain GP, the first race of the 2023 Formula 1 season, also focused on the heavy words pronounced by the young English talent of Mercedes, George Russell, at the end of Sakhir’s appointment. In fact, speaking with journalists, the #63 from Brackley let himself go to a statement of surrender, saying he was ready to bet that Red Bull would be capable not only of repeating the conquest of the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles won in 2022, but also of raise, going to achieve success in all 23 GPs of this season. Russell’s reasoning had also been taken up in an almost identical way by the team principal, Toto Wolff.
Bahrain does not text
At Red Bull, however, they want to throw water on the fire. After all – is the thought of the Austrian team – both the tests and the opening race took place on the same track – that of Sakhir – which has peculiar characteristics compared to the majority of the other circuits on the calendar. Therefore, nothing prevents us from thinking that elsewhere the advantage margin of the RB19 over the competition may be less. This is exactly what he spoke to the German site Formel1.de Helmut Markohighlighting how the words expressed by Russell depended above all on the frustration of the moment.
Mark’s words
“Pay the title prize to Verstappen right away? No – commented the Austrian manager, answering a joke – I think Russell’s words can be explained by the frustration he was feeling at that particular moment. So far we have only raced on one track which has a particular, extremely abrasive surface. This means that tire management plays a crucial role. We made a very good performance, but this absolutely does not mean that we will win all the races. It would be nice if it were that simple“.
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