Mercedes AMG Formulation 1 driver, George Russell, is vibing in Japan in Quick & Livid: Tokyo Drift model forward of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Russell was filmed doing the Han pose within the parking zone, sporting Adidas’ Y-3 merchandise alongside the AMG GT 63.
F1 has been embracing Japan’s automobile tradition on social media because it broadcasts its presence for this weekend. That may’t be executed with out mentioning Tokyo Drift, a film that make clear Japan’s tuning and drift tradition.
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Han Lue, a personality performed by Sung Kang within the film, was a laid-back, cool-headed mentor who launched Sean Boswell to Japan’s drifting scene. His calm angle and funky assortment of custom-made vehicles, together with the enduring orange Mazda RX-7, attracted a brand new fan base.
Certainly one of his signature poses is leaning on the automobile, which fits over effectively with followers, and has come to be often known as the “Han Pose”. Russell introduced out his interior Han by training the pose in entrance of a Mercedes AMG GT for social media content material. Our verdict is that he did fairly effectively in pulling it off.
Russell has had an incredible begin to the 2026 F1 season after successful the opening spherical in Australia and ending in P2 in China. Mercedes’ efforts in growing the W17 F1 automobile are evident, given the sting the automobile has over different fast contenders reminiscent of Ferrari’s SF-26, which fails to maintain up because the laps go by.
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Regardless of a robust begin to the season, Russell has acknowledged that the early dominance can’t be taken without any consideration as rival groups work on bettering their vehicles. He leads the Drivers’ Standings by 4 factors over teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, however doesn’t rule out competitors. Talking to , he stated:
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“I believe proper now as Mercedes we now have a small benefit over Ferrari and an excellent benefit over everybody else however this stuff change so shortly.
“We noticed within the press about Crimson Bull being a bit chubby, to allow them to most likely enhance that fairly shortly. McLaren nonetheless haven’t introduced any updates to the automobile and so they have a Mercedes engine within the again so we wish to benefit from it whereas we do have this benefit.
“We’re not taking something without any consideration as a result of the competitors is so fierce and we’re positive that Crimson Bull, McLaren and Ferrari will preserve pushing us. [It is] too early to even take into consideration the Championship.”
