George Russell has admitted he felt “like a rookie” during his first F1 season with Mercedes as he experienced how a big team operates
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“So, that’s taken me some time to understand – what the team’s processes are during a race weekend, how I can make the car faster in terms of set-up, and that’s why I’ve felt a bit of a rookie at the start of this season.” “For sure, being team-mates with Lewis is such an amazing position to be in because he’s obviously the greatest driver of all time and there’s a huge amount I’ve learned from him in the sense of… probably more off-track, to be honest, with how he conducts himself with the engineers and goes about his business,” he explained.
“Going to that feeling of me almost being a rookie in some regards, you are racing at the front for the first time,” he explained. “It is a totally different story compared to when you are racing at the back.
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