Juan Pablo Montoya has urged George Russell to cease specializing in his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli and as a substitute focus on adapting his personal driving fashion if he hopes to problem for the championship.
Russell completed second on the British Grand Prix, benefiting from a late-race gamble by Mercedes to keep up monitor place on used medium tyres throughout a security automobile interval, which continued till the tip of the race.
Regardless of taking a bit out of his team-mate’s championship lead, Russell admitted after the race that he didn’t deserve the race end result and following the weekend, must make some adjustments to battle for the 2026 title.
“If I am being brutally trustworthy, I am not going to battle for a championship if the performances proceed like that,” Russell informed F1 TV. “So, I am not coming away from this weekend glad. I will take the end result.
“I used to be in all probability extra glad leaving Canada once I broke down from the lead than I’m at this time, standing P2. I in all probability deserved the win in Canada, and at this time I did not deserve to face the place I stood.”
Talking on F1 TV’s post-race broadcast, Montoya steered that Russell must give attention to his driving fashion slightly than an excessive amount of on his team-mate.
George Russell, Mercedes
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“He must adapt. He’s targeted a lot on Antonelli and, that is me assuming, he actually desires to beat Kimi. I believe he must look extra at himself and perceive why he can not do it. What’s the automobile not permitting him to do? He wants to determine how you can alter the automobile to have the ability to do it.”
Russell’s second-place end at Silverstone and Antonelli’s Fifteenth-place end imply that the Briton is now 25 factors behind the 19-year-old championship chief within the standings.
The 2 Mercedes drivers are adopted by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton in third and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, who received the British Grand Prix, in fourth.
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