“In fact each weekend is a large studying for me, particularly studying in regards to the tyre I believe was actually useful, and I believe it’s going to be actually useful to have the identical compounds [as in Suzuka] this weekend as properly, simply because I’m understanding increasingly more of the tyre.
“I believe within the first particularly couple of races, I actually struggled with warm-up in Qualifying, and I believe Suzuka was a giant step ahead in that aspect. So clearly huge studying, however to this point I’m pleased with the way it’s going.
“In fact, George is driving very well and he’s actually serving to me to develop and push myself even additional, however I’m completely happy as a result of I’m getting there slowly.”
Russell has certainly carried out properly to this point, together with his back-to-back podiums in Australia and China – adopted by a fifth place in Japan – marking his strongest ever begin to a season since arriving in F1 again in 2019.
When it comes to the important thing areas the place he can nonetheless enhance compared to Russell, Antonelli defined: “I believe, now he has fairly a little bit of expertise with the automotive [and] in F1 on the whole, the principle distinction is you’ll be able to see the boldness he has; particularly he is aware of how one can place the automotive, and likewise the place the automotive goes to finish up in a nook whereas pushing.
