George Russell is confident Mercedes will be back in the fight for F1 titles in 2023 💬 'I’ve got every hope that we can definitely fight for the championship next year' 👊
Mercedes made encouraging gains in the second half of the year after being hampered by extreme
“We’ve been pretty clear now for about two months which targets we have to hit in terms of development. And I am pretty confident if we do achieve that, we will have a car that we can compete with Red Bull.“At the start of this year, we qualified behind Alfa, behind Haas,” he continued. “I remember in Imola, I finished fourth but I was the same pace as Lando [Norris] and I had Valtteri [Bottas] chasing me down in the Alfa.
"Maybe straight out of the blocks, we weren’t the fastest car because of where we were coming from. But the rate of development, I’ve got every hope that we can definitely fight for the championship next year.”- potentially featuring as many as 24 races - Russell admits a gruelling calendar only adds to the challenge.
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