George Russell has revealed that he was battling a steering subject in the course of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After ranging from fourth on the grid, the British driver crossed the road to complete the race in third, however a disqualification for Lando Norris meant he was categorized in second.
Whereas it was general a optimistic race for Russell, he advised the media after the race that he was preventing towards a steering downside from the fifth lap, a problem which had additionally reared its head in qualifying.
“I had the steering downside once more from about lap 5, the identical as I did in qualifying,” the Mercedes driver defined. “I managed to drive round this and I bought used to the challenges of this downside, and the tempo seemed fairly good in stint one.
“Then, initially of my second stint when Max Verstappen got here out of the pits, I used to be like ‘proper, I’m going to assault now’ to see if I may take the lead, and I grained my tyres, the front-right tyre. I mentioned to the staff ‘I don’t assume I’m going to make it to the top on this tyre’, however they have been assured contemplating the hole.
“However each lap was so painful. I used to be going slower, and slower, and slower, and I used to be like ‘this isn’t enjoyable.’ P3 was the utmost right this moment, however apart from lap 1, it simply wasn’t an gratifying race.”
George Russell, Mercedes
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Russell had been one of many favourites to win the race in Las Vegas after clinching the victory beneath the lights of the Strip in 2024, and whereas he wasn’t in a position to have a good time on the highest step of the rostrum this 12 months, he discovered the optimistic in having a extra all-round automotive.
“I believe in the event you simply take the common of this season – in the event you have a look at Singapore final 12 months, we have been horrible and we gained this 12 months, final 12 months we have been dominant in Vegas and we completed on the rostrum [this year],” he added.
“We’ve bought a automotive that’s higher throughout 24 races, whereas final 12 months, we had a automotive that was both exceptionally dominant or horrible. So now we have a greater automotive for a 24-race season. Sadly, we could not get as many highlights, however we get extra factors in a season.”
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