George Russell has revealed how he ended up with a black eye forward of the Chinese language Grand Prix.
In a video shared by Mercedes, the Briton answered questions as he was pushed to the Shanghai Worldwide Circuit alongside his associate Carmen Montero Mundt.
When requested if the cameraman may see his eye, Russell defined: “I have never checked out it this morning, is it nonetheless pink or not?”
The Mercedes driver closed his eye to point out his bruised, pink eyelid with a slightly giant bump on it.
“I truly, I should be getting previous,” he continued. “I went to the bathroom within the evening and I walked again with the lights off and I walked right into a wall straight on. It was a couple of days in the past. In order that was age catching up with me. Guess it does not occur to Kimi.”
Russell leads the drivers’ standings heading into the Chinese language Grand Prix after successful each the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese language dash race. Mercedes additionally secured one other front-row lockout for the race on the Shanghai Worldwide Circuit.
“Kimi’s pole place is just not solely an enormous achievement for him however a milestone second,” workforce principal and CEO Toto Wolff mentioned after qualifying. “Changing into the youngest polesitter within the sport’s historical past is sort of one thing. It’s generally straightforward to overlook that he’s solely simply out of his rookie season and but is reaching a lot.
George Russell, Mercedes
Photograph by: Anni Graf – Components 1 through Getty Photos
“He has proved past doubt that those that thought he was too younger or didn’t imagine in his skills after we promoted him to a race seat, had been improper. I’m proud that we had the arrogance to make the choice we did.
“For George, it’s a disgrace we had a battery challenge and that he couldn’t take advantage of out of the automotive. However, he did a stellar job in troublesome circumstances to ensure we accomplished the front-row.
“He was supreme within the Dash, and he’s obtained robust race tempo so he shall be an element within the struggle for victory tomorrow. With that mentioned, the Ferraris have regarded fast all weekend. We can’t afford to make any errors or they’ll certainly pounce. We’re wanting ahead to tomorrow and the battle forward.”
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