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George Russell says “obviously, with Lewis’ experience, a lot of the car has been designed around his wishes”, and “it is good the team has been listening”.
Ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, George Russell talked about Mercedes’ 2024 car and said the team accepted a lot of the development suggestions that came from him and Lewis Hamilton.
“I think we hit the ground in a good place but ultimately, there’s only one thing that matters and that’s the lap time,” the Briton said.
“I think Lewis and I have put a huge amount of work into helping steer the team and the direction we want to go in.
“Obviously, with Lewis’ experience, a lot of the car has been designed around his wishes – the car being sat further rearwards than we were last year and the Red Bull-esque sidepods and a slightly different steering rack.
“It is good the team has been listening to that but we need to see if that translates into lap time.”
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Russell was then asked if his input was also accepted by the team.
“Of course. I put my trust into the designers and the aerodynamicists. I am not an aerodynamicist and the driver’s job is to maximise the package, what you are given.
“So we have been very clear the last two years on the limitations that we are facing, Lewis and I have always had very similar comments in slightly different ways.
“He was talking a lot about the seating position, I was talking about the rear being unstable and ultimately, we have cured that problem we believe, maybe in a number of changes we have done.
“There is never one silver bullet,” he concluded.
