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George Russell responds to Lando Norris’ statement that Formula 1 had gone from the best cars to drive to the worst.
After Australian Grand Prix Qualifying, 2025 F1 champion Lando Norris was very critical of current Formula 1 cars.
“We’ve come from the best cars ever made in Formula 1 and the nicest to drive to probably the worst,” Norris said.
“It sucks, but you have to live with it and just maximise what you get given. It’s certainly different.
“It’s certainly not like it was last year,” he concluded.
After George Russell led a Mercedes 1-2 at the Australian Grand Prix, journalists asked him to respond to Norris’ comments.
“Yeah, well, he’s always… yeah, yeah,” George started.
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“I don’t know, if he was winning, I don’t think he’d be saying the same.
“You know, we weren’t happy with how stiff the cars were last year and the porpoising, and everyone had a bad back and drivers were complaining about that, but McLaren drivers said there was no porpoising even though we watched their car and they were porpoising.
“So, you know, everyone’s always looking to themselves and we’re all selfish in this regard.
“The truth is last year we had the same engine as them and McLaren did a better job than us and they beat us.
“Now McLaren have got the same engine as us, the same as Williams and the same as Alpine, and so far we’ve done a better job than them.
“So, that’s just how the game goes,” Russell concluded.
