Suddenly, most importantly, Mercedes are a force to be reckoned with again. We are all living our dreams but your emotion is based substantially on performance.”Īs Russell tried to articulate his feelings, the rest of the sport was reflecting on a humdinger of a grand prix a chaotic, crash-strewn affair which re-opened a number of old wounds, gave rise to a couple of new ones, and instantly made next season far more appealing. It's not a straightforward life in Formula One. From go-karting up and down the country as a boy… all the support my parents gave me. "It's just been such an emotional rollercoaster. I knew they were all watching together and as soon as I got my phone after the race I was able to FaceTime them. I thought of my mum at home, my girlfriend, my sister, my brother. “By the time I got to turn two the tears were flowing. I was actually pretty impressed by how quickly I started crying after crossing the finish line. "So many emotions,” Russell admitted later when asked what had been going through his head. Sitting to one side with his head in his hands shortly after getting out of his car, George Russell sobbed quietly to himself as he reflected on the magnitude of what he had just achieved.įrom his earliest days in King's Lynn, Norfolk, to the trips up and down the country as part of the junior karting scene, this is what he had always dreamt of becoming a Formula One grand prix winner.
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