Toto Wolff has denied promises that George Russell is now Mercedes’ star driver in advance of Lewis Hamilton subsequent the young Brit’s spectacular performances for the Silver Arrows. Russell has outperformed Hamilton in four of the five races so considerably this period forward of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
Russell, 24, joined Mercedes from Williams in the summer soon after a series of somewhat potent outings for his previous aspect. He has finished extremely very well since his go, starting to be the only driver to end in the top five in each race of the season.
It is a far cry from previous 12 months, with Hamilton coming second all round by the very best of margins and Russell finishing 15th. Nonetheless irrespective of their swap all over in fortunes, Wolff refused to confess that Russell was now their No 1 immediately after a number of substantial-profile figures in F1, which includes Ralf Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, suggested he was ahead of Hamilton.
“I rarely stick to it,” Wolff explained to Sport24 Auto immediately after being asked if he experienced witnessed their the latest comments. “And if I overhear one or the other remark, I can only smile about it.
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“We nevertheless will not understand our vehicle. At Friday education in Miami, we experienced a truly excellent day and have been among the the swiftest. Instantly all the things was different once again on Saturday. Minimum variations in the setup have a significant effect.”
Wolff is nevertheless nevertheless not ruling them out of demanding for the Constructors’ Championship, adding: “No, we’re not at all (ruling ourselves out). We have only received the fifth race driving us, you are not able to produce nearly anything off then, it can swing in our direction yet again. And in terms of points, we are not considerably powering.”
The up coming race falls in Barcelona on Sunday.