Toto Wolff has praised George Russell for an “unbelievable drive” to P2 within the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Briton having to handle a spread of automotive points whereas attempting to maintain McLaren’s Lando Norris at bay.
After lining up in P3 on the grid, Russell overtook Charles Leclerc for second place initially and remained as Oscar Piastri’s closest challenger all through the race, regardless of being one of many solely frontrunners to sport the gentle tyre through the latter phases.
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Nevertheless, in addition to attempting to take care of the softer compound proper to the chequered flag, Russell confronted additional challenges as his W16 skilled issues together with a brake-by-wire failure, a lack of GPS and DRS points – all whereas being chased down by Norris.
Requested concerning the difficulties posed throughout these ultimate laps, Wolff defined: “The brake-by-wire failed instantly, after which it took some time to search out the settings to type of reset it. However we did that, after which, to be sincere, him managing the system, coming out and in whereas Norris was behind him… It is simply an unbelievable drive, to be sincere.
“What he did in the present day, he secured us this podium on high of that. Taking the gentle for such a very long time was additionally nice, between managing after which attacking when he wanted to.
