A lot of discussion has taken place recently about whether Mercedes will and should sign current Williams driver George Russell for 2022. Some have suggested that this might not be a good idea as Russell is an ambitious young driver and that can cause friction between him and Mercedes’ other driver Lewis Hamilton. Russell has now explained why that will not be the case as quoted by GP Fans Link to poll: https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugz4pr6tD2wytOL2PRd4AaABCQ 0:00 - Will Russell’s Championship Aspirations Cause Problems With Future Teammate? 1:41 - Fast Feed I'm your host Dillon Shelley and first up on Formula World: Will Russell’s Championship Aspirations Cause Problems With Future Teammate? Russell began by outlining his goals while clarifying that the team always comes first “As I said, my ambitions and goals are incredibly clear. I want to become a Formula 1 champion but I would never put my own agenda or my own goals above the teams, no matter who my teammate is and that’s the same at Williams now” He reiterated his belief that he won’t jeopardize his relationship with his teammate “I would never do anything to hurt my relationship with my teammate and I recognise that to be able to achieve your own goals you need the team to be operating on all cylinders and that team spirit and dynamic needs to be at the top of its game to just be able to achieve the team’s objective” He explained why he is relaxed about his future “If the team achieves then as a driver, you’ve got a shot but as I said, I’d never put my own agenda or goals above the team’s. Very relaxed about everything. What will be will be, one way or another and everything in the long run has a way of working out for the best” He signed off by stating that he does not believe in luck “Every single situation I try and take in my stride and as I said before, I never believe in good luck or bad luck, you get what you deserve and you get out of life what you put into it” Fast Feed McLaren chief engineer Andrea Stella has explained that their “car requires some special adjustments in driving style. It is the opposite of what Daniel [Ricciardo] was used to at Renault” [Auto Motor und Sport] “Daniel prefers to roll into the corner quickly and not brake as aggressively as [their] car requires”, Stella added He further compared it “to a musician. You can explain to a guitarist exactly how to play his instrument, but it takes a long time before he can give his first concert” F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has explained that “when [they] talked about the sprint race format, the idea was to offer something different to all stakeholders in F1” [Motorsport] He added that “one has already been done at Silverstone, another will be at Monza. And the third one will be in Brazil at the end of the season” McLaren CEO Zak Brown has suggested that “from everything [he hears] from everyone, both within [his] team and outside, everyone thinks the new rules will work [Motorsport] “But you won't know for sure until you're on the track. In the future, if you can follow more easily, then DRS will be redundant. But for now, it's still a fantastic part of the show”, he added McLaren’s Lando Norris feels that “the fight with Mercedes and Lewis [Hamilton] does put some extra pressure on your shoulders” [Motorsport] “It does give confirmation and confidence for the future that if [he’s] in that position again or fighting Lewis or Max [Verstappen], [he’s] confident [he] can do well” Williams’ Nicholas Latifi thinks that as far as a teammate is concerned “speed and being quick is one of the main things, but you have to have someone who knows it is still a rebuilding phase” [Express] He’s “obviously hoping that it will be a massive jump next year, it might not be. If you have a driver who expects to win the championship or win races next year, maybe that’s not the right thing” Williams CEO Jost Capito is “impressed with how [Latifi] brought it home [in Hungary] amid the pressure of running in the points comfortably for the first time” [F1] “At one point, he was third. To keep his head down and deliver was very impressive. It shows how much Nicky deserves to be in F1” Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski has revealed that they “had a problem at the beginning of the season which meant [they] could run limited on [their] exhausts” [Motorsport] “[They] introduced a number of exhausts at the beginning of the year to mitigate the risk. [They] think [they] have solved the problem” He added that they “don't expect any grid penalties this season, but it is obviously the case that [they] have used more than [they] intended at the start of this season” If Mercedes sign Russell, will he co-exist amicably with Lewis Hamilton?

• published: 19 Aug 2021
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