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George Russell: We were closer to the rest of the field than expected

George Russell: "We were closer to the rest of the field than expected"

07-09-2019 17:16

George Russell out-qualified his teammate again at the Italian Grand Prix and was pleased with how the session went. The Williams driver will start the race 16th and was surprised by how close he was to the other teams. 

"My first lap was very good," Russell said. "But my second run was a bit of a shame. I came out of turn five and one of the cars ahead of me had gone off through the gravel and brought a load of it back on, so I had no grip at the next corner.

"However, it is positive that we were closer to the rest of the field than expected and I can be happy with qualifying, as I feel that we did quite a good job to maximize our package."

Russell will hope that he can try and get a championship point this weekend and may even be doing a rain dance tonight to try and improve his chances.