George Russell says his Mercedes team cannot risk making 'crazy' changes that could derail their progress

George Russell says Mercedes will continue their policy of incremental improvements ahead of the next race in the F1 calendar at Emilia Romagna. The Brackley-based outfit have been well off the pace so far this year, suffering recurring problems with 'porpoising' — which sees the car bounce up and down — and other related issues.

Ad/> But in spite of those difficulties, Mercedes sit second in the Constructors' Championship and second in the Drivers' Championship, with Russell achieving that latter position following his third place in Australia last weekend. Australian Grand Prix‘So much potential’ — Russell eyes Mercedes improvement after first podium10/04/2022 AT 13:12 «We've got to go about the process analytically, we can't do anything crazy,» Russell told Sky Sports.

«We want results and performance, but if we do anything too drastic, we're going to go backwards not forwards. »We've got to trust our team and the process and it's going to take time, but we know there is so much potential in the car.

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»It's not going to happen overnight, it's going to take a number of races. «I think there'll be little things, there'll be incremental steps but we recognise that our rivals are going to be doing the same so it may not be clear to the outside world that we've made progress because Ferrari and Red Bull are going to be making progress as well.» Russell might have hoped he would be stepping into a car that