Giving the underdog its day
N SOCHI GEORGE RUSSELL QUALIFIED the Williams FW43B into Q3 for the third time this season. Once there, an inspired early switch to slicks played its part in his sensational third place on the grid. Russell is clearly operating at an extremely high level and the car is in reality still only a marginal Q1/Q2 runner most of the time, but it’s good enough that a just slightly favourable set of circumstances can allow Russell to produce these occasional shock outcomes
