George Russell admits the ‘McLaren’s were in a different league’ during ultra-impressive showing at Singapore GP
George Russell managed a respectable fourth place finish in the extremely challenging race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
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George Russell and Lando Norris (Via: Imago)
The Mercedes Formula 1 team had a pretty timid outing at the 2024 Singapore GP. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton ended up in fourth and sixth place and following the race, the former did not hold back from acknowledging the might of the pacey McLarens.
Lando Norris won the 62-lap race by a handsome margin of over 20 seconds. On the other hand, his teammate, Oscar Piastri, also ended up on the podium with a fairly comfortable third-place finish.
The MCL38 was literally flying during the grueling night race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
It was undoubtedly a difficult race for us, both in terms of pace and physically. The McLarens were in a different league to ours, while Max did his bit.George Russell via Formu1a.uno
Looking at the reaction of the 26-year-old, it is quite clear that Mercedes had an extremely tough outing in the Singapore GP. Russell was able to hold off a fast-charging Charles Leclerc during the race but the challenge of getting the better of Piastri was a bit too much of an ask in the W15.
George Russell feels Mercedes achieved the maximum it could have in Singapore
While George Russell has openly acknowledged the firepower of McLaren, he feels his team also achieved the best possible result. The W15 was not the best challenger at Marina Bay but despite this, Russell did well to manage a fourth-place finish.
Moreover, the Brit believes Mercedes did well on the ‘damage limitation’ front at the event.
In the closing stages, we managed to keep Charles’ Ferrari at bay, which was a bit of a damage limitation. Given the pace of the car, it was the best we could have achieved.George Russell via the same interview
After Singapore, F1 is now in an almost month-long break before the action kicks off at the Circuit of the Americas for the US GP. Keeping this in view, Mercedes and all the other top teams have ample time to improve their cars ahead of the event.
The remaining six races of the campaign will produce fireworks up and down the grid for varied reasons. From Mercedes’ perspective, it will be all about doing the best job possible until the end of the campaign.
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