George Russell says there is no luck in choosing the right setup following Lewis Hamilton’s suggestion his teammate was lucky when finding a better balance for his car.
Hamilton made the claims after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where he was outqualified and beaten in the race by Russell. Ad It comes after last season when Hamilton was beaten by his teammate over a Formula 1 campaign for just the third time in his career.
Formula 1'I'll make sure of it' — Hamilton aims to improve diversity in Formula 1 in all roles25/03/2023 AT 17:26 «I don't think there's any luck in it at all,» Russell told the media ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. «I think it's down to the preparation you put in before the event. »The changes we made overnight, I knew that was going to be the right direction with the work we did with the team, and I believed it was going to be better than the setup that Lewis opted for. «I think everybody's got different preferences.
I was happy with the direction I took and the work I'm doing with the engineers.» Hamilton’s pair of fifth places put him two points ahead of Russell, who finished seventh in Bahrain and fourth in Jeddah.