George Russell

Lewis Hamilton suffered another sobering afternoon on the track as he could only manage a 13th-placed finish at the Imola Grand Prix - even being lapped by ...

We just really need to understand more and creep up." We are not good enough for a world champion and we just need to fix the car. I know this is undriveable and not what we deserved to score as a result.

Mercedes have struggled following the latest regulation changes to Formula One but George Russell has started to shine in his first few races since joining ...

"It's a very fine line but I think Toto is delegating that brilliantly at the moment. "Toto has learnt so much as well from the fight that Lewis and I had, managing us, that's helping him a lot now with managing George coming into the team. George has been so mature, he's delivered the maximum points possible, it's been a great choice for Mercedes," he told Sky Sports.

Wolff spoke on team radio and then to reporters after a desultory day for Hamilton, who finished the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, in a lowly 13th while ...

"But I expect him to come back so strong. "I just wasn't fast enough to overtake and I don't really know why. I'm not getting comfortable with this position, because I know what he's capable of." "He's definitely going to be pushing me all the way. There's no-one that's giving up and everyone's just trying to move it forward as fast as they can. This was a terrible race."

A great performance from George Russell in Imola saw the Mercedes driver jump from 11th on the grid to 4th at the end of the race. It was another display of ...

Here it was very cold and that is where you see the McLaren, Alpines, Haas coming into there own but struggling in the race. We progressed in Bahrain but got slower in Qualifying." The Brit explained. It was another display of talent from the Brit, but no matter how well he drives, the issues with the Mercedes car will always hold him back.

LEWIS HAMILTON starts the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in 14th with George Russell ahead of him in 11th.

"Just because we have hit a rough patch, it is not in my DNA to pack up. Hamilton still has little over 18 months on his current contract with Mercedes, but their current woes this year has led to some questions whether he will call it quits at the end of the season. Rosberg knows better than most how Hamilton deals with pressure having been the only man at Mercedes to beat the Brit in a full season.

Lewis Hamilton will be motivated to get the better of his new Mercedes teammate George Russell, according to former F1 world champion Nico Rosberg.

An already disappointing race weekend was made even worse for the Briton when he was blue flagged to let Verstappen through. With George [Russell] performing so well, that could be the biggest motivator for Lewis to just keep going and keep fighting.” I think for Max, he might have a little smile in his helmet when he goes by...” The two 2021 title protagonists have not had the chance to rekindle their rivalry this year. So, it’s difficult for Lewis to keep his motivation up.” “A weekend to forget, that’s for sure.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff apologized to Lewis Hamilton for providing him with a 'poor car' and F1 fans weren't happy about it.

However, he backs himself to work hard and get the best out of the next races. However, his miserable outing in Imola was topped by his 2021 Championship rival Max Verstappen lapping him during the race. Well, the Brit managed to make up just one place in the end as he finished 13th.

Lewis Hamilton offered his apologies after finishing the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix 13th, nine places behind team mate George Russell.

“I don’t really know [why], I just wasn’t fast enough to overtake.” “There’s no one that’s giving up and everyone’s just trying to move it forward as fast as they can.” “I didn’t really find it frustrating, I just wasn’t moving forwards” he said.

Hamilton struggled and failed to score as teammate George Russell again recorded a top-five finish.

“He had a car that was setup for the wet, and not for dry and he handled it... It’s another day, we just really need to understand more and bring development to the car which will fix the bouncing.” We just need to fix the car. “Yeah, really bad,” Wolff concluded. This was a terrible race.” “I know this is undrivable.

Toto Wolff told Lewis Hamilton the Mercedes car was 'undriveable' but Nico Rosberg disagrees and pointed to George Russell's impressive performance as ...

Russell still managed to get fourth out of it, so there was more in that car. Remember, Russell is fourth with the same car, so Lewis definitely had a big role to play in that poor weekend. We will move on from there but this was a terrible race."

George Russell has said the violent bouncing of the struggling Mercedes car, in which his team-mate Lewis Hamilton could only finish 13th at Imola, ...

George Russell has proved to Mercedes he's their next Lewis Hamilton after Imola GP · GEORGE RUSSELL is enjoying a strong debut season so far at Mercedes.

And that Russell is doing so well in spite of the porpoising and pace problems speaks volumes of his talents. Make no mistake though, as Mercedes seek to better understand their car race by race, Russell will continue to pick up plenty of points in the meantime. The W13 is a car that even the great Hamilton is struggling to master. And it certainly bodes well for his long-term future at the team. He leaves Italy fourth in the Drivers' Championship and is only 10 points off of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who has won two races. The 24-year-old had started down in 11th but produced a superlative drive to rise seven places.

George Russell has displayed concern over how the current porpoising effect that has plagued the new generation of Formula One cars are having an effect on ...

We just need to understand more and bring development to the car and fix the bouncing.' 'We are going to look at things for Miami, we can make a step in the understanding of the car. 'When the car is in the right window and the tyres are in the right window, the car - except for the bouncing - feels really good to drive,' he said after the race.

After being beaten comfortably, Nico Rosberg believes Lewis Hamilton will never want a repeat of that disparity against George Russell.

That is going to be really, really important to him. There is always going to be that thing of wanting to beat your team-mate. “It’s understandable.

GEORGE RUSSELL managed to secure an unlikely fourth-placed finish at the end of Sunday's race at Imola.

"We are going to look at things for Miami, we can make a step in the understanding of the car. Russell has enjoyed a relatively strong start to the new F1 season and is the only driver on the grid to have finished in the top five at every Grand Prix this year. Russell's car was often spotted bouncing up and down towards the end of the long straights, with the issue also helping to prevent Lewis Hamilton from overtaking Pierre Gasly for 12th place during the closing stages of the contest.

Toto Wolff branded the Mercedes car 'undriveable' following Lewis Hamilton's woes at Imola but George Russell disagrees after charging through the grid to ...

But it’s just what we have to do get the fastest lap times out of the car.” This is the first weekend where I’ve been truly struggling with my back and like chest pains from the severity of the bouncing. It’s the most extreme I’ve ever felt it.

Valtteri Bottas said it was "good fun" as he harried Mercedes' George Russell at Imola, going very close to snatching P4.

Put to him it had looked like good fun fighting Russell, Bottas replied: “Yeah, it is. “Luckily there was no damage and the pit-stop for sure compromised the race a bit, but after that we had really good pace. Bottas said it was “really good fun” to have that pace to fight Mercedes, while he revealed Alfa Romeo had brought an upgrade to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – reported to be on the car’s floor – which certainly seemed to work for them.

George Russell suffered "back and chest pain" such was the extreme porpoising of his W13 at the Imola race.

“And because of the bouncing, we are not able to run it where it should run. “One is interlinked to the other, and I think if we were to get on top of the porpoising we would unlock much more in terms of performance on the car. “When the car is in the right window and the tyres are in the right window, except for the bouncing, it feels really good to drive,” Russell said as per The Race.

George Russell came in fourth for Mercedes at Imola to ease frustrations after a difficult weekend for the team but believes they have been 'fortunate' with ...

And that’s when you see the McLarens, Alpines, and Haas' coming into their own but then struggling a bit more in the race. "Then we want to Jeddah, and it was still hot, but the track was a bit smoother. I think it’s been a bit of a trend since Bahrain, we’ve progressively gotten a bit slower in qualifying, and I think that’s because Bahrain is the hottest we’ve experienced so there was no problem with tyre warm up.