1 Russell chalks up his first F1 victory
With a convincing margin, plenty of confidence and apparent ease, George Russell took his maiden F1 win in style. Some might argue he was a bit fortunate to have his two main rivals running into each other but, even if there is some truth in that, it was only fate returning a debt it owed Russell for the race in Bahrain two years ago.
Russell’s weekend wasn’t perfect, but his only notable error came on Friday when he pitched his Mercedes into a gravel trap during qualifying in changeable conditions. George put a wheel on the slippery white line on his right as he approached
Turn 4 after his first flying lap and went off-track. It wasn’t even Russell’s off that caused the red flags to fly, but his clumsy attempt to turn his car around in the escape road. He plunged the rear wheels of his W13 into the gravel and got stuck – thus effectively locking down the qualifying results since, after the marshals had towed the Mercedes to safety, the track was too wet for the positions in the timesheets to change. Russell’s own mistake actually helped him, securing his third place behind Kevin Magnussen (his first pole, having nailed his
