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George Russell says he had it easier in 2022 “because I was getting a better car than I was used to, whereas Lewis was getting a substantially worse car than what he was used to”.
In the first part of the 2022 season, George Russell was able to score better results than his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. However, later on in the year, Hamilton started outperforming Russell.
In a talk with GPFans, Russell says he was able to adapt to the troubled W13 easier, because it was actually a step up from the cars he was used to driving at Williams in previous years.
“The one key thing is that I came from three years with a car that was very, very difficult and wasn’t very pleasant to drive,” the Briton said.
“Actually, the car I drove from day one [with Mercedes in 2022], was a better car than what I experienced for the previous three years.
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“Lewis came from a world championship-winning car for eight years, so his baseline level of what a good car is defined as, was totally different to mine.
“It was a huge step backward in terms of how nice the car was to drive for him, and was actually a step forward for me. That was probably why I was more comfortable just getting on with it.
“It was probably easier for me to adapt because I was getting a better car than I was used to, whereas Lewis was getting a substantially worse car than what he was used to,” Russell concluded.
