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George Russell says his past experience with “very difficult cars” at Williams could be what has given the edge on Lewis Hamilton in the midst of Mercedes’ struggles.

Russell made the leap up the grid from Williams to Mercedes for this year’s championship, but it is by no means the season the Briton had been dreaming of.

Instead of fighting for race wins and the World title, Mercedes are struggling to eradicating their porpoising problems while picking up points.

But in the midst of all their troubles, Russell has one of the better points-scoring records of 2022 as he is the only driver to have finished all four grands prix inside the top five.

His team-mate Hamilton hasn’t even scored in every race, the seven-time World Champion a lowly P13 at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

It begs the question why is Russell seemingly able to get more out of the car than his team-mate.

“Perhaps with my struggles at Williams driving very difficult cars, maybe that has helped in some small regard,” he said as per GPFans.

“Q1 and Q2 for us now is massively important whereas previously for Mercedes that was a breeze, it was almost a build-up session getting ready for Q3.”

Russell, though, has backed his team-mate to bounce back.

“Lewis is going to come back