According to George Russell, he has scheduled a “substantial discussion” this week with Mercedes to try to decipher the team’s diminishing performance in Formula 1 lately.
Subsequent to overtaking Alex Albon of Williams in the early stages to secure fifth position, Russell couldn’t diminish the distance between himself and Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, who were competing for third place ahead of him. Since attaining his initial triumph of the season in Canada, Russell has only been capable of securing top-five placements in Austria and Belgium, while concluding in 10th position at the British Grand Prix.
Referring to the race at Spa-Francorchamps as “lackluster,” the British racer is enthusiastic about convening with the Brackley-based team to ascertain which determinations have contributed to the setback in performance.
“Yes, it was quite lackluster, to be truthful,” he conveyed to Sky Sports F1. “Seeing as we typically favour the more temperate conditions. Consequently, we couldn’t have realistically requested superior weather conditions for our team. However, we’ve simply lacked velocity lately. We must convene, all of us.
“We’re scheduled to have a substantial discussion this week involving all the designers and engineers. To, in a way, comprehend the choices we’ve made in recent weeks or months. And the reason we’ve regressed. So we’re anticipating some enhancements in Hungary.”
George Russell, Mercedes
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The Mercedes pilot also verified with F1 TV that fifth “was potentially exaggerating the actual tempo of the vehicle.”
“Indeed, without a doubt,” Russell concurred, when questioned if fifth was the optimal outcome he could have accomplished today. “We’re required to grasp the reason we’ve forfeited so much tempo in recent races. Naturally, that’s disheartening for all of us as a team. P5 was potentially exaggerating the actual tempo of the vehicle, thus I’m at least content we attained the greatest possible outcome.
“We executed a distinct alteration of course a couple of months ago, and I believe it’s been from that juncture that we’ve regressed, so, as you know, it occasionally necessitates a few races to comprehend the authentic rationales for that deficiency of tempo, but it distinctly seems that we need to revert back to our earlier approach from the season.”
