Former Method 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes championship chief Kimi Antonelli should defeat Mercedes team-mate George Russell on the British Grand Prix to claim his authority.
Russell arrives at his residence race at Silverstone following his second grand prix victory of the season in Austria. The Briton efficiently transformed pole place right into a race win on the Pink Bull Ring, and he can be hoping to copy this success in entrance of his residence crowd.
Talking on F1 TV’s weekend preview broadcast, Montoya argued that the British Grand Prix may present Russell’s team-mate and present championship chief Antonelli with the chance to make an announcement.
“Properly, what’s attention-grabbing is we speak about Antonelli all weekend, however the man that put that final lap in qualifying was George,” the Colombian defined.
“And the man who gained was George. And the man who cleaned the race was George, and the man who obtained the trophy was George. So sure, Antonelli is unbelievably proficient and unbelievably quick, however you possibly can’t rely George out as a result of he delivered when it mattered.
“If we did not have a yellow flag scenario in Austria, he nonetheless would have been on pole. I feel he would nonetheless have been forward of Kimi. So what if I am Kimi coming this weekend? That is the place it’s essential beat George. That is the one you’d actually damage.”
George Russell, Mercedes
Picture by: Paul Foster
Montoya additionally argued that Antonelli appears extra snug within the Mercedes equipment than his team-mate.
“You take a look at observe one, Kimi is all the time there, and George is all the time looking for methods, and he is copying plenty of what Kimi is doing. You take a look at Austria, I actually thought Kimi was going to even begin within the again and was going to beat him, however I feel George is driving as arduous as he must drive.
“He drove as arduous as he wanted to drive in qualifying and beat him, and within the race he did sufficient to get the job executed. You’ll be able to say he took six seconds, however on the finish of the day, George wasn’t nervous about Kimi, he was nervous about Verstappen, and he simply wanted to handle that hole and ensure he had sufficient for the top of the race and he did.”
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