In 2023, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were involved in several close on-track clashes. George explains why those are “normal”, and adds they “trust one another” in these situations.
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were involved in several close on-track battles in 2023, with some even leading to collisions.
While these situations are naturally not pleasant for their team, George explains they are completely normal in Formula 1.
“I think it’s normal when you’re so close in performance,” the Briton said.
“When you’re lapping at the same lap times or you’re starting next to one another on the grid – you’re always going to be close.
“We always go through our strategies [in] meetings. The pace difference between the two of us is zero.
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“We’re always going to be going across a 24-race season, an average of 60 laps per race, we cross paths a lot and he’s the driver I cross paths with the most. So, I think that’s probably what we put it down to.”
George added he and Lewis trust each other to be fair and give enough space during an on-track battle.
“I think also we trust one another. There may be tense [situations], it may be hard, but we trust one another.
“We know that we’ll give each other enough space to fight necessarily and not go beyond the limit. Obviously, Qatar was just a bit of a lap one small misjudgement.
“That’s another opportunity where it was another podium or even a potential victory missed,” Russell concluded.