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After Lewis Hamilton qualified for the Chinese Grand Prix in P18, George Russell says “he is the greatest driver of all time and that’s not where he should be”.
After finishing the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Race in P2, in Qualifying Lewis Hamilton shockingly qualified in P18.
After the session, George Russell was asked if he was surprised by Lewis’ result.
“Of course, surprised to see where Lewis ended up,” the Briton said.
“He’s the greatest driver of all time and that’s not where he should be, it’s not where we should be fighting.
“We’re here together as a team. Collectively, we just need to keep on pushing forward and try and make some big gains as the season goes on.”
George, who qualified for the race in P8, says he and Lewis made big changes to their set-ups after the Sprint Race.
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“We’re pretty similar on the setups, we both went in a similar direction, but there’s a small difference.
“Directionally very, very similar between the two of us, but we both made big changes from the sprint race.
“If we optimised everything this weekend, maybe we would have finished P3, P4, P5 in qualifying. But we still wouldn’t be content with that.
“We want to fight for victories and championships in hopefully the minimum next year. Sometimes need to sacrifice in the short term to make some greater gains down the line.
“We are still trying to find the development path we need to be on to make some big steps.
“That’s just where we are at the moment,” Russell concluded.
