Russell: It’s important to pay attention to your shortcomings

Before the Chinese Grand Prix, both Mercedes drivers were asked the same question: how do they respond to the current situation, because the team is clearly inferior to not only Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, but has more than twice less after four stages of the season points than McLaren. Aston Martin can also get ahead of her this weekend if she performs better on the track in Shanghai.

We’ve already given Lewis Hamilton’s answer, but here’s what his partner said.

George Russell: ‘I think the most important thing is to look at your own shortcomings before others do. Each of us must focus on solving our own problems and eliminating our own weaknesses.

It is clear that the driver behind the wheel of the car must achieve the highest possible speeds, but he is also obliged to help the team find the right direction to improve the car. We continue to work intensively on the simulator and try to find out what held us back last weekend and what could have been better.

It is important to understand how to act now, but also to determine longer-term plans and understand what needs to change. The driver can always make a more important contribution to the common cause, because he is the one who communicates with the equipment. But we work with engineers to find ways to more fully utilize the car’s potential, by analyzing tire behavior and optimizing settings. And you determine the overall development strategy together with the entire team.”