David Coulthard believes that George Russell will depart the British Grand Prix feeling like he “obtained away with it”, as his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli continues to extract a stage of efficiency that the Briton is at present struggling to match.
Russell secured his first-ever podium end at his house grand prix at Silverstone on Sunday. However the milestone outcome didn’t really signify the place the 28-year-old is pace-wise compared to his team-mate.
Antonelli, who at present holds a 25-point lead within the drivers’ championship, was charging by way of the sector on a 10-lap tyre offset technique. The Italian was reeling within the leaders, lapping as much as 2.5 seconds faster than eventual race winner Charles Leclerc, earlier than he bumped into points with the Mercedes.
A weird mechanical failure, wherein a indifferent front-right wheel defend prevented him from steering, left Antonelli struggling to maintain the automotive on monitor. He continued within the race however completed fifteenth after a monitor limits penalty.
Talking on the Up To Pace podcast, Coulthard steered that Russell is conscious of his present efficiency deficit to his teenage team-mate.
“I feel George will really feel like he obtained away with it this weekend,” Coulthard defined.
George Russell, Mercedes
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“You may inform he is nonetheless probably not settled in his thoughts. He is aware of that was lucky. And I feel he is aware of that, in the mean time, each time they beautiful a lot go on monitor, Kimi is getting one thing out of the automotive that he is struggling to do.”
Russell echoed this in his post-race interview with F1 TV. “If I am being brutally trustworthy, I am not going to struggle for a championship if the performances proceed like that,” he stated. “So, I am not coming away from this weekend glad. I am going to take the outcome.
“I used to be in all probability extra glad leaving Canada after I broke down from the lead than I’m at the moment, standing P2. I in all probability deserved the win in Canada, and at the moment I did not deserve to face the place I stood.”
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