The Mercedes driver has impressed at his new team but insists there is still plenty to do as he prepares for the British Grand Prix
There is no doubting the intensity, the palpable will to win radiating from George Russell. Yet achieving success is a journey the British driver acknowledges is forged in the crucible of competition, where sometimes the hardest lessons are the most valuable. “I have learned that failure is important,” he says with the air of a veteran. “It can’t always be smooth sailing, you have to look inward rather than blame others.”
The 24-year-old is still a Formula One young gun, but his aquiline features and piercing gaze carry an authority beyond his years as he sits in his Mercedes team motorhome at Silverstone, preparing for Sunday’sBritish Grand Prix. The demands at his home grand prix are exhausting but there is no sense of weariness or that facing down a microphone is a chore.