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George Russell says “the gap to the rest of the field is the biggest since Mercedes in 2014”, and “everyone needs to work harder to understand how to close that gap”.
At the moment Red Bull looks to be unbeatable. After the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, George Russell compared the Austrian team’s dominance to that of Mercedes at the beginning of the turbo hybrid era.
“Give credit to what Red Bull have done,” the Briton said.
“The gap to the rest of the field is the biggest since Mercedes in 2014. It’s a serious gap, everyone needs to work harder to understand how to close that gap.
“We know we didn’t make the right decisions over the winter. We have gained more performance than you would ordinarily so everything is not lost.
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“We will still be fighting hard, we want to win races this year, we want to be in the championship hunt.
“But we have to be realistic, focus on ourselves, and get the fundamentals right for the future.
“We have the take the positives away from this weekend. We qualified ahead of the Ferraris and Astons.
“The car is capable of that, at the moment,” Russell concluded.
