‘Shame we can’t see Russell in the Mercedes again’
Williams boss Simon Roberts said it was a shame that George Russell missed out on another Mercedes drive, but welcomed him back to the team.
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Bottas will ‘try to prevent’ Mercedes driver change
With George Russell banging on Toto Wolff's door, Valtteri Bottas is determined to "try to prevent" a driver change at Mercedes.
Max: One day Russell will laugh about Sakhir
Max Verstappen thinks George Russell will eventually be able to look back and laugh about being robbed of a Sakhir Grand Prix victory on his Mercedes debut.
Russell: Toto ‘headache’ was throwaway remark
George Russell has played down his ‘Toto Wolff headache’ comment by dismissing it as a “throwaway remark in the heat of the moment”.
Mercedes explain Russell’s technical gremlins in Bahrain
Mercedes has pinpointed a misbehaving sensor as the reason for George Russell experiencing power drop-outs at the Sakhir Grand Prix.
Mercedes respond to Instagram profile mystery
Mercedes have reacted amusingly to news that Valtteri Bottas and George Russell had removed their Formula 1 teams from their respective Instagram profiles.
‘You almost want Bono to read you a bedtime story’
George Russell has paid tribute to the “work of art” that is the Mercedes W11 – and the team personnel behind his impressive Sakhir Grand Prix debut.
Williams missed Russell’s ‘guidance’ in Bahrain
William's head of vehicle performance has admitted that the team missed George Russell's guidance at the Sakhir Grand Prix.
‘Russell capped Hamilton’s value, dented Bottas’s’
Martin Brundle believes that George Russell's strong performance filling in for Lewis hamilton hurt both the Brit and Valtteri Bottas.
Has Russell made Hamilton keener to rush back?
Will Lewis Hamilton be keener to return in Abu Dhabi after George Russell’s impressive substitute display? PlanetF1 readers air their views
Bottas deletes Mercedes from Instagram profile
Changes have been made to the Instagram profiles of Valtteri Bottas and George Russell, removing references to their respective F1 teams.
Russell: ‘Hopefully I’ve given Toto a headache’
George Russell hopes his terrific Mercedes debut as Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in has given Toto Wolff “a headache” regarding next year’s driver plans.
Sainz says Russell’s pace shows what F1 is ‘missing’
From lapping at the very back of the grid to fighting for a race win, Carlos Sainz reckons George Russell's pace at the Sakhir GP shows that "F1 is missing" out on.
‘Hamilton won’t want Merc to drop loyal No2 Bottas’
Valtteri Bottas need not worry that he'll be out of a race seat next season with former driver Marc Surer confident the team won't drop the "loyal" and "good" second driver.
Mercedes find ‘smoking gun’ behind Sakhir screw-up
Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said an issue with team radio was behind the botched double-stack pit stop in Sakhir.
Russell knew Sakhir GP was ‘too good to be true’
George Russell felt his sublime first race weekend for Mercedes was proving "too good to be true", and how right he was.
Brawn thinks Russell is ‘World Champion material’
Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn believes George Russell proved he is "World Champion material" at the Sakhir GP.
‘Driver change unrealistic for 2021 but maybe in the future’
Despite winning the non-showdown showdown against Valtteri Bottas at the Sakhir circuit, Toto Wolff has quashed suggestions that George Russell should take the 2021 Mercedes drive.
Wolff says Sakhir not Russell’s ‘last attempt to win’
Robbed of a first F1 victory by a "colossal f*** up" from Mercedes, Toto Wolff is adamant Sunday's Sakhir GP won't be George Russell last opportunity to win a F1 grand prix.
Russell keeps points as Merc fined for tyre error
George Russell has kept hold of his first Formula 1 points as Mercedes were fined 20,000 Euros for their tyre mix-up at the Sakhir Grand Prix.
Russell: Congrats Perez, but that win was ours
Robbed of victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix "twice", George Russell admitted it wasn't a "nice feeling" to jump out of the Mercedes afterwards.
A Mercedes gift helps Perez claim maiden win
Sergio Perez went from last on the first lap to first at the last lap as he claimed his maiden Formula 1 race win at the Sakhir Grand Prix.
‘Blessing for Russell that he didn’t get pole’
George Russell is "gutted" about missing out on pole position for the Sakhir GP but Daniel Ricciardo says it is "probably a blessing in disguise".
Wolff set Russell target of ‘top four’ in quali
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he had told George Russell that qualifying in the top four for the Sakhir GP would have been "fantastic".
‘Russell’s cameo won’t influence Hamilton negotiations’
Toto Wolff says George Russell's Sakhir outing it will have "no influence" on contract talks with Lewis Hamilton.
Front-row Russell feared early qualifying exit
George Russell could barely believe his luck after the latest twist in an eventful week was qualifying on the front row for the Sakhir Grand Prix.
FP3: Max’s turn to get the better of Bottas
Valtteri Bottas briefly thought he would get his first practice P1 at the Sakhir circuit in final practice only for Max Verstappen to pip him.
Horner disagrees on implications of Russell call
Mercedes has denied that George Russell's Sakhir GP outing is a "shoot-out" or will have any impact on Lewis Hamilton's contract talks but Christian Horner disagrees.
Wolff: Russell being in ‘good car’ is ‘far away’
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has quashed talk that George Russell and Valtteri Bottas are in a "shoot-out" for a 2022 seat.
Russell feels Friday wasn’t ‘true representation’
Despite finishing fastest in both Friday practice sessions at the Sakhir GP, George Russell doesn't think it was a "true representation".