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George Russell agreed with Lewis Hamilton that “with the benefit of hindsight” Mercedes “would have done things differently”.
Ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said that, after everything they’ve learned, Mercedes is making improvements and even undertaking “some new direction again”.
George Russell agrees with his team-mate, and offers an optimistic perspective.
“At the end of the day, Formula 1 is uber-competitive at the moment,” Russell said.
“I think it’s been a long time since we’ve seen four teams all fighting for let’s say that second-best position. Of course Red Bull are a little bit ahead of everybody and in a comfortable position.
“And of course, we’re not satisfied with the position we’re in. Everybody’s hugely motivated on improving.
“We have made mistakes over these past couple of years, we know that. And as Lewis said, with the benefit of hindsight, we would have done things differently.
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“But we can only focus on the here and now and focus on the improvements. It has only been four races.
“The last three races have all been largely very similar circuits, very high-speed nature in Jeddah, in Melbourne, in Suzuka.
“We saw we were more competitive in Bahrain, qualifying third and probably should have finished on the podium if it wasn’t for the PU problems.
“So, as I said in the last race, if the season started at four different circuits, we could have been in a very different position now and time will tell how we get on this weekend.
“We have things we need to improve, and I trust the team is working their socks off to achieve that,” the Briton concluded.
