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After Mercedes’ 1-2 at Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying, George Russell says the team “knew after Melbourne we had a really good car”.
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli give their opinion on Formula 1’s new ‘overtake button’, that Lando Norris has described as “artificial racing”.
George Russell says he wants “to fight for race wins week in, week out”, and adds: “We still need to raise our game because there were a lot of areas today that we underachieved.”
George Russell responds to Lando Norris’ statement that Formula 1 had gone from the best cars to drive to the worst.
Here is the transcript of the post 2026 Australian Grand Prix track interviews and press conference featuring George Russell and Kimi Antonelli!
George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, Toto Wolff and Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin give their comments on the Australian Grand Prix.
Although Mercedes was the dominant car in Australian Grand Prix Qualifying, George Russell is very careful with his predictions for the race.
Ahead of the Australin Grand Prix, Lando Norris has corrected reporters who said George Russell is a title favourite, and said Mercedes are the favourites.
George Russell says when Lando Norris won his maiden F1 title, he sat in his car and “wanted to watch” because he thought that would “fuel” him, and “it has”.
After taking pole for the Australian Grand Prix, George Russell says the Mercedes W17 “feels more like the Mercedes of the good, old days”.
