The George Russell Dilemma

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[@DmT922ha]

Toto trusts Russel in the sense that he has no other better option right now..lets see how long that lasts if a certain Dutchman decides he wants to join Merc..

[@gameofender4463]

Toto trusts George. They don’t need Max to lead them. 😂

[@user-mg5hk1ts3w]

I don’t understand why max would leave RB.

[@dinocharlie1]

That's not fair in the same sense that Hamilton moving to Ferrari doesn't change how much they trust Leclerc

[@DmT922ha]

@@user-mg5hk1ts3w He probably wont unless they are utter sh*t in 2026..

[@Magsos100]

@@dinocharlie1 Leclerc is better than Russel, that's why ferrari will continue to trust Leclerc in contrast to Mercedes and Russel

[@selder_7]

If Hamilton beats Russell, it’s expected from Hamilton and shows that Russell isn’t the guy - if Russell beats Hamilton, it’s just because Hamilton is ‘washed’ or distracted. It’ll be the same for Leclerc. And Russell won’t get any praise for beating Antonelli, but will be out of F1 if Antonelli beats him

[@theglitch312]

It’s the age old F1 paradox. Having an aging championship calibre driver OR a completely unproven rookie as your teammate is the worst possible place to be. You basically can’t win. Even if you beat them.

[@xavierpanohaya2647]

boo-hoo, they get paid millions, if he´s good, he´ll find another team if he´s not OK at Merc.

[@The_ZeroLine]

Only Hamilton haters claim LH is washed and they’re not interested in Russell. So, I’ve never seen anyone say Russell beating Lewis doesn’t show his skill. I dislike LH, but I can see the difference between reality and tribalism.

[@The_ZeroLine]

@@theglitch312Unless they’re Alonso. No one think he’s washed despite being 3 years older than Lewis.

[@raduq00]

Exactly that ! I can see already the thumbs of the videos "Why Leclerc this and that" next year

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Don't forget that he had to overdrive the Williams for 3 years, thought he was going to have the proverbial "rocketship" when he went to Mercedes, only to discover that (compared to the 2020 Merc) it had turned into a donkey. So he was left overdriving it again. If he gets a good car for the rest of the season, I wouldn't be surprised if he does win once he's used to it.

[@prahardarji6147]

Yeah but he has had 3 seasons now in mercs and frankly every driver is pushing the car to the limit so it shouldn't actually matter what car he had in past. If we look at max, lewis, fernando, yes they make mistakes but they don't make when they have a chance to win a race. Russel on the other hand makes mistakes when he has a chance to win or fight for the win (singapore 23, canada 23 he was fighting for podium).

[@gauravmalltarlok5354]

@@prahardarji6147 That is true. Max, Lewis and Fernando all make mistakes, but when a win is at stake they turn into sharks who can smell blood in the water and just lock in. Russel has the opposite, he functions so well in laid back conditions unlike Lewis who just gives up if a win is not in sight while when fighting for the win Russel crumbles.

[@prahardarji6147]

@@gauravmalltarlok5354 true, even in Canada 24 everyone made mistakes, but Russell lost the most with thode mistakes and he made unforced errors like overtaking piastri on the outside in the chicane on a wet track.

[@charles-antoinemartel-roy]

@@prahardarji6147 Yeah, he's got good pace and sometimes great aggression, but it also bites him back because he tends to overdo it and hit other cars or otherwise make mistakes. Because the one thing I don't agree with Aldas about is the pressure. He has immense pressure not to be seen as a Bottas, a wingman. He has to outshine Hamilton, especially in a year where Lewis' motivation looks... questionable. And qualifying on pole with your teammate in 6th, but finishing 4th with your teammate in 5th doesn't look all that good on you. So he wanted that podium from Piastri a little bit too much.

[@don7480]

Bottas did better at Williams. Bottas did better at Mercedes.

[@gumnaamaadmi007]

I am more interested in how Lewis assimilates at Ferrari, honestly.

[@daphneschuring5810]

Hopefully he will be better than Vettel because only Schumacher succeed at Ferrari.

[@IamDonRoyal]

How Kimi had good times, Alonso was given everything but nothing was enough. Vettel also had good times but few mistakes at the end. ​@@daphneschuring5810

[@SaabJitsu]

Well to be fair, Shui had it pretty posh. His teammates couldn't look at his data but he could thiers and Charles isn't gonna have that and Ferrari, during the tire wars and Michael's run, was having tires made just for him. Not the team, just for him and his car and you can't do that these days. At best Lewis should hope to keep up with Carlos' performance as he is the better of the 2 Ferrari drivers

[@BudgetLatifi]

Getting crushed by his teammate every weekend and there purely because you can’t have a one car team so might as well have someone who can sell shirts and hats… sounds like he adjust fine.

[@chrisw9445]

@@BudgetLatifiso much this ^^

[@tomm1413]

I wonder if Russell will end up like Ricciardo. A good driver with huge potential outshined by a young gun

[@Zanigga-de2ks]

To be fair to ric, there was more favoritism towards max, and alot of DNFs for him that 2018 season. They was pretty on par at the time

[@tomm1413]

@@Zanigga-de2ksyeah fair point! I nearly forgot about all the DNFs

[@best___0999]

i think george will be the number 1 for 2025 but it will be interesting how quick kimi will be

[@mamavswild]

@@Zanigga-de2ks. And you don’t think Toto would favor Kimi should the kid show more potential. RBR wasn’t ’favoring’ Max for the present…they saw his future and invested in him. The same will happen to Kimi Antonelli if he outshines Russel….and his fans will say it’s because ‘favoritism’

[@Zanigga-de2ks]

@@mamavswild Baku is a perfect example of the favoritism that happened for max, max caused the accident by dangerous driving, along with other accidents that get swept under the rug. I can’t say if they will favor kimi nobody can

[@callum4804]

Puts car on pole, gets a podium, beats his teammate who's a 7 time world champion... Beating said teammate over the season... What is up with the level of bias against Russell? God knows how many times leclerc has binned it. Lando regularly botches his Q3 laps. Nowhere near the same level of scrutiny. People also seem to forget that he's only had a race winning car for like 3 races (and he won one while his teammate hasn't won any). He's made some mistakes in key moments, as all drivers do (especially when they have limited experience being in contention for race wins). There is no George Russell dilemma. He's damn good.

[@sumandhaliwal6969]

Nah he’s not a championship winning material. Lewis is gonna put him & Toto is their respective spots next year, don’t you worry.

[@FoxhoundVIX]

☠️

[@averagesundaydriver8122]

And in those three instances, in order, he should've won the first but got a """puncture""", he did win the second one, and in the third it was genuinely his fault. I agree, Russell is no perfect driver but he is wildly underrated because of a funny man with a mohawk.

[@shakesnbake]

I just feel like George drives like he has something to prove and that leads to mistake. I wonder how that will change when Lewis is at Ferrari. ("I'm the favourite now Toto 😆)

[@keirbourne5323]

He will have something to prove when Antonelli is competitive with him.

[@joehynes2964]

George is just fine. This video is unnecessary (especially the overly-dramatic soundtrack). Enjoy the Triple-Header just ahead, everyone.

[@Jbones143]

I would agree George is fine and still ranks up there with Charles and Lando BUT I can understand why some people are questioning how solid he is. There have been some mistakes when the pressure is on but that is with every driver especially in a car like the past 3 Merc's. As for the soundtrack that is the standard Aldas video soundtrack.

[@RBRMV1]

He’s definitely not fine

[@joehynes2964]

@@RBRMV1 Lol.

[@arasozkaymakc7751]

The thing is george is the fastest guy in the track when we consider raw speed however he is prone to making a lot of mistakes + he is just not consistent with his lap times. But george is solid af

[@arasozkaymakc7751]

​@@RBRMV1he is the fastest guy about the top speed but he is not consistent and making lot of mistakes also poor tyre management.

[@charleswilfred6463]

I don't know if you've seen Mercedes social media. The majority of the fans in there hate GR and everything he does, whether it be good or bad. So i don't know why you're saying "Lewis is criticized more", when George is being dragged in the mud, more than Lewis since they've been teammates.

[@thomasblack33]

most "mercedes" fans are just hamilton fanboys/girls who will leave with lewis to support ferrari

[@-wghof-9784]

He's talking about the media and general discussion by more neutral fans. Of course TeamLH criticize him.

[@sizzlingbacon48127]

​@@thomasblack33team LH is insufferable they better not ruin ferrari

[@IamDonRoyal]

Mercedes don't have fans lad.

[@Frostbyte-Game-Studio]

OH GOD ... OH GOD .... I JUST REALIZED THAT #TEAMLH ARE GONNA JOINT THE TIFFOSI ... HOLY SHIT

[@As-qz5lr]

George is doing fine, it's much easier to look good when partnered with Sainz, Perez or even Piastri. Russel's team mate is arguably the GOAT FFS and he's making him look as average as he has ever looked. Also if you want to see great drivers make mistakes, see Alonso in 2007, Hamilton in 2011, Verstappen in 2018. Even Schumacher & Senna made their fair share of errors.

[@adrianharris1592]

I'd like to see what Russel can do given a consistently good car. It feels like these types of mistakes come from him desperately trying to win on the one or two weekends the car is competitive. Canada this year and Singapore last year give me that vibe. As a Merc fan my hope is once he knows there will be chances for him over the whole season these all or nothing mistakes will stop but we'll see.

[@80HDpilled]

I think him and Leclerc make mistakes purely due to trying to maximise performance out of cars they feel aren't to their level

[@aleksavijatovic8834]

@80HDpilled please don’t compare Leclerc with Russell, Charles is wc material, unlike Georgie

[@crhakusho]

You’re right. Both Charles and George always try to maximize performance. They both are maybe a little too passionate at times because that passion often leads to their mistakes

[@robbell8959]

@@aleksavijatovic8834 Personally agree right now but we will see when Lewis joins ferrari, in 2026 we will see who is wc material

[@aleksavijatovic8834]

@@robbell8959 Leclerc will easily destroy LH

[@akashahmed4121]

@@aleksavijatovic8834it seems WC material is code for “driver I like”

[@octavio.santos]

There comes Aldas again with that soundtrack, the one which makes it look like a driver's career is over just because of a crisis.

[@iUVBOT]

Yeah like they’re running out of think pieces. Noticed they’ll just like comments opposing his statements but never address anything they just post their essay and leave

[@jenma76]

What do you mean that Mercedes trusts George to lead? Toto was actively pursuing Max and was not shy about it. Also, why did they only give George a 2 year renewal and not lock him in like RB did with Max, Ferrari did with Leclerc, McLaren did with Lando? George is not top tier in Mercedes' POV

[@leandronogueira6046]

He is top tier. Toto is trying to recreate Lewis vs Rosberg with Russell and Verstappen

[@luntbanzi1967]

Most low iq comment I've ever read

[@thomasjohn32]

​@@leandronogueira6046No he is not..

[@CreakingJordans]

Its times like these I miss Rocketpoweredmohawk. Man knew the truth before we did

[@Sushmit_du_shadeslayer]

Oh man you don't know how much I miss the twat

[@uchu_ujin9957]

Osama 😂

[@ravanaRTT]

You miss him? Did he leave KZbin or something

[@chrisdawson9312]

He’s still putting out videos isn’t he?

[@dylanburston7453]

@@ravanaRTT No, but he uploads a lot less often. Probabaly because of the new youtube guide lines, and they cant have a strong in depended lebian black woman like him telling the truth. That or they dont like the fact he calls stroll a spaztic in the first 3 seconds of every video

[@timsherman3324]

8:20 Are you serious? As a neutral, Russell criticism is at an unfairly high level. I see it everywhere and he gets criticised no matter what. When he beats Lewis it's cos Lewis is washed. When he loses he's bad. When he fights against front runners and gets a podium while Lewis is behind him, he still gets criticised more

[@Sauceyjames]

Lewis is a bit washed since the zero side pod, he is improving, but god these Brits just pick their favorites sometimes.

[@philkakid5617]

I find it interesting that there is so much criticism of George Russell, whilst not calling out Charles LeClerc and Lando Norris for all of their mistakes.

[@aleksavijatovic8834]

@philkakid5617 Because Leclerc is a lot better than Georgie whether you like it or not

[@yannickvaz694]

Leclerc seems like he's eased off the mistakes recently. Last mistake I can think of from him was binning the car in Zandvoort qualifying last year. There was a lot of criticism for Norris last year as well (and rightfully so). He lost a podium at Mexico, and a potential win at Qatar due to quali mistakes. This year he seems much better. Russell has been making quite a few mistakes these past 2 years, but the concern is he doesn't seem to be improving. Hopefully he does, but he still drives like a hothead who can't pick his battles or crumbles under pressure at times.

[@MCFoultier]

Agree. Russell actually destroys hamilton at the moment, and all he gets is critisizm plus people talk about Mercedes sabotaging hamilton

[@aleksavijatovic8834]

@@MCFoultier That’s because he is destroying LH doesn’t mean that he is a WC material, it shows that LH is overrated

[@gameofender4463]

@@aleksavijatovic8834 A 7x WDC isn’t overrated.

[@PolishEddie1992]

I also can't remember Toto EVER getting on the radio to Lewis. "We know the car is bad, Lewis, please drive it"

[@basdollevoet2824]

Exactly this. Also saying Lewis receives more criticism: well yes, but that is also because of his diva like behavior and throwing his team under the bus when things are not working out

[@suitsandstrings2641]

Yeah I didn't buy this - we've head Lewis be told "we're still in this" and stuff like that before - he seems to check out if a good result doesn't seem to be on the cards.

[@GameOver-nm2us]

Difference is, Toto said that to Lewis because the car was genuinely shit, Russel was losing a race because of his own faults

[@dianamaioru497]

@@basdollevoet2824 Lewis hater spotted. "diva like behaviour", "throwing his team under the bus" where did you even come up with these things? Lewis could have gone full Alonso 2014 on their ass and be rightfully entitled to it - but instead he is still very supportive of the team. Even when they are no longer so supportive of him now that he's leaving. Kimi R. and Max V., Yuki T. and Fernando A. as mentioned earlier ALL shout and criticise their teams much more often than Lewis. The number of f-bombs Max yells at his engineer or complains about the smallest inconvenience for example, is crazy bro.

[@basdollevoet2824]

@@dianamaioru497I assume you didn’t watch te video? The comparison LawVS made on the criticism was between George and Lewis. No Alonso, Verstappen or Raikonnen werd mentioned. In that context I gave my answer. I like Hamilton as a race driver. With his helmet on he is one off the best the sport has ever seen. However his off-track behavior is just not my type of flavor. It has nothing to do with hate, its more his personality. In that sense I connect more with direct people like Alonso, Raikonnen and Verstappen.

[@deyanzafirov]

no dilemma - Russell is not "the one"

[@leandronogueira6046]

He is

[@princemumo2662]

I think a lack of experience in fighting at the top end where having to push 100% is not needed has had a bit of an impact. Definitely needs to iron out those mistakes but let's see how he performs when he is constantly at the top end of the grid actually fighting for wins instead of having to pull out every second that he can from the car to get points as he has had to do in his f1 career

[@julianz7450]

There's a reason Kubica was more often than not jumping ahead of him in the opening laps. Russel always had outstanding speed, but never outstanding racecraft.

[@rajeevkumar9546]

Russell doesn't have the "it" factor that truly special driver's have and crumbles like a sandcastle during high pressure situations... Norris is a much better driver than Russell

[@gofast-pj8ne]

Eccleston stated on the Brawn GP documentary that the F1 teams regularly makes one driver's car faster, which is what Mercedes is doing.

[@gameofender4463]

If anyone “bottled” Canada it was Lando. He had a faster car, if not THE fastest car. And he made two mistakes, he went over the corner at turn two and blocked George. Which was penalty worthy imo. Then locked up in the hairpin and lost place to George. The only difference is the McLaren could make up for it but the Merc couldn’t.

[@darrenjohn8524]

Experts like Mark Hughes have said Mercedes probably had the fastest car, just that the drivers underperformed. Did you forget Russell going off track and rejoin in an unsafe manner earlier in the race. Both Norris and Russell had the right type of passport to avoid penalties 🤣.

[@gameofender4463]

@@darrenjohn8524 1. I’m not interested in what some probably biased hack thinks. As there’s been a concentrated effort to discredit George since Canada. 2. He didn’t rejoin unsafely. Norris did though. 3. Norris & Hamilton seem to get favouritism from the media. But not George.

[@nathanb286]

Are we just forgetting that if McLaren hadn’t bottled the safety car pit stop, he would have won the race as he was way clear of Verstappen and Russell. Also, the Mercedes was probably the fastest car in the dry, but the McLaren was faster in the wet

[@darrenjohn8524]

@@gameofender4463 Oh my goodness, did you just call Mark Hughes one of the most respected journalist in the f1 paddock , a biased hack 🤣. Keep living in your delusional little world 🤣. You sound just like a Flat Earther, denying all the evidence in front of their eyes 🤣

[@mapleleafkay9824]

@@gameofender4463Lmao but you’re biased so why should anyone take you seriously? You’ve already expressed your feelings about Norris and how you think he’s overrated. Which makes it hard to take you seriously. 🤣 And why’d you bring up Hamilton? 🤣

[@vedranb87]

11:20 if anything, LH would often remind the team to leave him alone to focus, not the other way around

[@l_poci_]

“Lewis we know the car is bad, please drive the car” does that ring a bell? Especially the last 3 seasons lewis has been quite vocal on and off the track in how much he doesn’t like the car.

[@vedranb87]

@@l_poci_ I agree. A lot of these videos are cherry-picking. You can find examples of all of this for every single driver, past, present and future, and enough examples to suit either narrative whilst brushing the examples to the contrary under a big carpet.

[@Justeze2D]

The thing is that George never had a car in Williams except for maybe 2-3 races over all his years there in which he could actually fight for points and fighting other cars on track, so all he could do was perfect his craft over 1 lap and put the Williams in places on the grid where it shouldnt be. He never really had the chance to develop big racecraft skills which is haunting him a bit now, but it will come with more experience. Meanwhile drivers like Albon and Norris where in midfield or even winning cars from the beginning on and where able to develop aas allroun good drivers. I do believe he has was it takes to be a world champion.

[@MrMadmen003]

dude what's the point if you're going to parrot verbatim, the-race article on George. I also don't understand how on a weekend like Canada where he got the pole and secured the first podium for his team turned out to be a net negative. was it a missed opportunity, was there a better finish than 3rd? absolutely. But this is unnecessarily harsh and to be honest disingenuous. 1. on conditions where it was easy to make big mistakes, George like Max and Lando made minor mistakes that were more consequential than theirs. So this critique to harsh. 2. his inter-tire management was largely dependent upon the pressure from Max. Lando brought them in gently because he could as he was free from pressure from behind. George was never afforded that luxury. Also, when did you start disliking george?

[@gameofender4463]

Completely agree. And it’s probably because it seems like everyone favours Lando for his personality etc. And because of how often they’re compared to each other. Instead of being objective they overrate Norris and seemingly enjoy hating on/tearing down Russell.

[@andrehoward5130]

What he said is irrefutable.......if having an opinion is disliking someone then you aren't living in the real world

[@cartor26]

Growths Russell is trash and really only has the hype due to his passport.

[@gameofender4463]

@@cartor26 *Norris is the weakest of the Brits.

[@Aldas001]

Fairly criticising/analysing a driver doesn't mean I dislike them, I don't dislike any drivers tbh. Also that article you're referencing was released yesterday! If you think the turnaround for a video like this is under 24 hours then fair play🤣 I've been working on this for 3 days and if a major media company releases an article on the same subject first (which a happens a lot), I'm not just going to abandon 3 days work

[@gofast-pj8ne]

George used Lewis data, which is why he was able to reach pole. Lewis was the fastest in Practice 3 in Canada, and no other driver came close. When it came to qualifying, Mercedes turned down Lewis' car. This is what Jacques Villeneuve asked Toto Wolffman about. If Mercedes is sabotaging Lewis, how can he compete with George? Lewis engineer stated that soft and hard tyres were available on Sky TV. Lewis preferred soft tyres, but the engineer demanded Lewis use the slower hard tyres. Mercedes did this so Lewis would not compete with George. Lewis was 22 years old when he was a rookie, and he also won the Formula Two title.

[@motorsportfanboy7769]

Yeah, you know how people always think Charles’ shortcomings are inconsistencies, mistakes, and a bottler? Those shortcomings are prominent and noticeable with George

[@KYLLIANVS]

i think, in a car which is clear of the grid, russel culd definetly do more verstappen esc job, but i don't see him winning in a 2-3 tem championshipfight, which is what puts him behind people like max, fernando, lewis, norris and charles.

[@magi0500]

For a moment I thought this was a reupload lol

[@JayQ2k]

Max in contrast to George doesn't make material mistakes (those that cost you position in like the next few corners after you made the mistake). Well, ok...Monaco qualy was a material mistake as that wall left Max at P6...but throughout a year you need to look with a microscope to find any material mistakes from Max. Only Lewis can somewhat equal this, though even him is not that faultless. Some then say...well George had slow cars. Max had those as well and still got to a place to stop outdriving the car way earlier in his life. George now has a car that could fight for podiums and perhaps even wins. So now any mistake will get magnified enormously. George doesn't deliver atm and perhaps never will. To then go after team leader whilst hardly able to wipe your own behind? Toto will soon have questions if he doesn't already.

[@robbell8959]

Simple point to make is max has 4 years on him, no doubt max is a better driver, and will be forever imo but people were still criticising max in 2021

[@slap_k_man1862]

Considering that George spent 3 years maturing at Williams where as max and Charles spent basically 1 year then got to go to a top team I would've expected less mistakes just because of those early years

[@crhakusho]

What? Max and Charles and Lando got to mature and settle into their respective top teams. George had to settle for a tractor Williams for 3 years. He never got the chance to settle in his top team until now.

[@l_poci_]

Both max and leclerc made mistakes in their early days in top teams. Have you forgotten how max used to drive from 2016-2018, even getting kimi to call him out. Also Leclerc has had his share of mistakes. However for both of them, it was always like let them grow into it, they will iron those mistakes out. While now for George its perform perfectly now or you’re not good enough. How does that work?

[@Lolme44]

love how u make the videos.

[@liamstrefford9510]

Great video as always, can I request a video on Stroll?

[@thokoZ]

Never thought about the verstappen-ricciardo comparison until now

[@kylem324]

I’m not convinced that Toto has fully invested in George being part of the team long term. As you commented, George simply isn’t a sure thing. While Toto hasn’t been interested is Sainz or Alonso, that isn’t a vote for George. Toto has been publicly trying to bring Max to the team. And Kimi is the future. So if Toto could get his way, George wouldn’t have a seat. The other problem with George is that he simply isn’t great at providing input that supports the development of the car over a season. George can grow as a driver, but in his current form, I don’t even think he would crack the top 8 for drivers on the grid.

[@marshallmarthes]

Funny how the gap between Hamilton and Russell in qualifying is so so small yet Russell is called the Mr Saturday qualifying genius whatever and people always mention that qualifying isn't lewis' best trait

[@JustinWoo]

RE: Toto coming on the radio to talk to Lewis - At one point in Mercedes losing days, either 22 or 23, Lewis is (justifiably) complaining about how bad the car is, and Toto comes on the radio and says, "Lewis we know the car is bad. Please drive it." It was pretty funny.

[@bucurestisquid3092]

russel is microwave pizza. gets the job done but isn't really good.

[@yezrrr4434]

What does that make lewis then since he is absolutely dominating him

[@nathanwilliams5965]

Why wouldn’t Kimi go to Williams just to learn and not have any pressure, have Carlos go to Merc for 2 years then move kimi to merc if he performs well that the team can maximize having experienced drivers and develop young talent

[@lugoki382]

why is the music so sad

[@dinocharlie1]

The criticism Hamilton gets is not comparable to what Russell gets because only one of them is a 7 time WDC, or even has one WDC. Does that mean Russell should be immune to criticism? No, but their expectations are different. Hamilton fans should expect him to regularly beat a teammate with 0 WDCs

[@mapleleafkay9824]

Lmao but that’s exactly what he said in the video… What the hell are you on about? 🤣

[@frederickthorne2496]

I completely am on board with your closing statements; It's difficult to not see George slipping into a similar fate as Daniel Ricciardo.

[@corpsecoder_nw6746]

Russell does also get some unfair hate. The "Lando Nowins" nickname wasn't as prevalent as "Osama bin Russell". As far as lap times, pace are concerned, George still drives like he has something to prove (similar to Ocon). I wonder if that was because he always wanted to be ahead of Lewis. But don't discount his pace.

[@gustavocavalcanti86]

8:45 I think that is the color of the skin thing as well. Lewis always had his mistakes exalted and his wins undervalued.

[@tanmaybhatnagar664]

This is a very well made, well narrated & insightful video! Thanks a lot.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@Eeraz]

I honestly think that George is too smart for his own good. He has the Talent but instead of relying on pure instinct he tends to overthink things 3 Times over before he does them. Once he stops second guessing himself I do believe he has the tools to at least challenge for a WDC.

[@crhakusho]

I agree, he definitely needs to stop overthinking, I think that leads to most of his mistakes. He definitely gets too passionate at times where he should be more level headed

[@crhakusho]

But ones he matures a little more he is definitely wdc material. No doubt

[@mattdamon653]

Rusell is like a op version of stroll.

[@optimusprime028]

FIA adjusted their rules for Toto. It's like a "compensation" for what they did to his wife. I won't be shocked if Suzy eventually drops her court case against them. 💯💯💯💯

[@Hazy_Bubble]

No video about ocon not getting a renewal?

[@The_ZeroLine]

I don’t think Toto’s desire has anything to do with believing in George. He wants the next Max Verstappen and he knows they won’t be competing for a WDC in 2025, so it’s the perfect time for Kimi to get up to speed without it possibly risking a WDC/WCC.

[@Son0fFalse]

Next time try to impersonate Toto's quote. It would crack me up with your serious undertone.

[@mapleleafkay9824]

Great video! And it really makes it clear that once Russell is team leader, he’ll have A LOT to prove in 2025 as the main focus of the team and media! I hope he can show the world why he deserves to be the number one driver.

[@Monty3540]

Being the leader in those inter conditions is very difficult, you set the pace and the other drivers then base it off that. It has happened numerous times where the second car back is able to tyre save and come back (Best example is Lewis Turkey 2020) Yes he took too much out of them but you can excuse him for that. He still kept it at the front though. I think the last mistake in Canada after passing Lando is a bit harsh - he was the only one of the top runners on the Hard, where the track arguably wasn't still quite ready for them. BUT had he not done that mistake - we could've had a chase down for the lead , so that I agree with I 100% agree had he not lost track position to Max when Lando passed him, he would've likely won the race. 2023 is going to take a while for him to shake, making way too many mistakes in critical situations - but like you said, in the two highest pressure scenarios he faced (Sakhir 2020 and Brazil 2022) he absolutely delivered. If he dials it back a bit, in a car that was built in Lewis' direction and will eventually come too him in development - he will be fine. He has the ultimate pace, but is still quite raw (arguably like 2007-2012 Hamilton) so give him a bit more time in a car that is actually competitive and judge him again I'd say

[@no1washerezz]

question is, had hamilton started from pole, would he have had the pace and consistency to win the race? i think hamilton starting from 6 places back and finishing that close to russell shows that hamilton is easily the superior driver on sunday even though hamilton spent a large portion that race being stuck behind alonso. if hamilton closes that qualifying gap, the standings will do the talking

[@akashahmed4121]

Not like 2 safety cars helped in that….also can’t keep messing quali up and being praised for making the places back….unless Lewis is in his Sergio Perez era…

[@miklosgal119]

He is currently, totally dominating his tm8 in qualifying. (and he is not bad)

[@coquio]

That's why I think that out of all the potential champs, I think Lando has the most potential. Lando makes almost no mistakes ever.

[@JulioAguilar01]

Diamonds are built under pressure 💪🏽

[@SpaceHCowboy]

Fair point..... Alas George Russell is more like a popped rice crispy.

[@rinsatomi9527]

Focus Cheorch, Focus

[@SWW978]

Toto replacing drivers like rags? Oh, the humanity

[@quigglyz]

Ironically, the drivers never made much difference. Toto should have focused more on hiring/retaining smart engineers.

[@mattrc77]

car development will fully go to Russell now and I think that might be a big help that he just needs to capitalize on it.

[@davnape14]

Woow, I never realised how similar the situation with Russell, Hamilton and Antonelli is to the one with Ricciardo, Vettel and Verstappen 😮

[@reynaldiwidjaja277]

Dude is like me in sims fast in a few laps but then making stupid mistakes

[@DannyBoy3]

And nothing about Lando bottling 3 potential wins this year. It’s incredible how Lando gets away with not winning with the fastest car, while George gets slandered for a race in which everyone made mistakes, even Verstappen

[@gameofender4463]

Because everyone seems to revere Lando, seemingly especially those in the media.

[@crhakusho]

Exactly!! It’s crazy how biased these fans are.

[@gameofender4463]

@@crhakusho Agree. People talking like George always bottles the win, yet Lando as the OP said. Norris, if not should’ve won, had a VERY good chance of winning at Imola, Monaco and Canada and he failed. Yet George is bad because he didn’t win when he needed the car to be slightly faster and to have a perfect race strategy with perfect pit-stops.

[@alexcslim4362]

@@gameofender4463George is better than Norris wait till Merc sort out their car. George tends to make mistakes overcompensating while Norris makes them unexpectedly

[@timotejbogsa1216]

Stop spreading lies. When did lando bottle a win this year? He won in miami while being under pressure by max, needed one more lap in imola to overtake max and lost out on a win in canada because of a sc. Lando made very few mistakes this season and capitalized everything when the car was fast, while Russell made 3 big mistakes in canada, crashed out on the last lap in australia and singapore 2023 plus let's not forget all the numerous times he crashed in wheel to wheel combat most recent one in canada. You don't see lando doing this.

[@CliffdeZoete]

You're completely forgetting the most important puzzle-piece on the table: Max. Everything depends on what he wants to do.

[@Otsantos5]

George should iron out some of these mistakes that he has been making, but I think Toto is justified to backing him as a team leader. I have a feeling that George Russell will start improving as time goes on.

[@teamredgutz399]

Toto’s relentless pursuit of Max Verstappen indicates that Toto does not have the trust in George to be a championship driver. It indicates to me that George will be out of a seat if Max says yes. The reality is Toto‘s dream team is Max and Kimi Antonelli with George out. If he did think George was a championship driver, he would not be pursuing Max and Kimi.

[@RichardYung-qj3yc]

I’m sorry, but what were people calling Lando before his first win? And how many years has Lando been in F1?

[@FigCS2]

Ahhh I dunno, wet races are incredibly tough, so many drivers had mistakes in the race and there car is still new territory for the Mercedes team

[@TerribleFire]

I would have love to have seen Russell do well but hes not consistent enough.

[@Meeko2689]

Mercedes thought Russell was gonna be the future of the team when Lewis retired, now it seems they are hoping for Antonelli to become the future of the team, its gonna be very interesting to see that is gonna happen next year

[@Tyler_Evans0411]

Was Lewis the last rookie to make his debut for a works(engine) team? Not counting rb/toro Rosso Edit: and I don’t really count Bearman cause it’s not a full time thing

[@Drakewyrm]

Russel is not world champion material. The dude is an experienced driver by now. He has years under his belt. He should be at the level of Lando and Charles, yet he makes more mistakes than Piastri.

[@leandronogueira6046]

Verstappen until 2018 Monaco he made a tons of mistakes too...

[@gameofender4463]

@@leandronogueira6046 Not to mention how those Williams cars were. It was impossible to learn anything when the cars were so slow.

[@OnurP1]

@@leandronogueira6046 Verstappen was 20 years old during 2018 Monaco, practically a teenager.

[@jamespoole3531]

'Should be at the level of Lando' smh, stick Lando in the Mercedes of the past three years and see how he performs against Hamilton.

[@timotejbogsa1216]

@jamespoole3531 do you remember the 2022 mcl and early 2023 mcl? They were dogs of a car

[@nerdhoy]

Toto: Fukus George Fukus! 🤣

[@91lifetime23]

The Man is no Lewis Hamilton

[@georgeseparovic]

George is rapid, I honestly believe he may be one of the best drivers on pure pace alone. But I agree he needs to clean up his act

[@MuhammadNiz007]

Problem isn't George it's Lewis. He is too much of a pressure for any drivers specially if you are teammate

[@Frostbyte-Game-Studio]

what interests me is that after Max, FIA introduced a new rule of "no more kids on the track. should be at least 18" then the second. THE SECOND. a 17 yo walks into the equation FIA is like "yeah no we meant 17, the previous rule had a typo. sorry"

[@alhemicarka]

No notif squad!!

[@80HDpilled]

This is a bad take, Russel was absolutely hounded for his performances last year, and if you look at the comments he's still constantly attacked

[@gameofender4463]

I agree. It’s so good to see people pushing back against this narrative. So many drivers made a mistake or two and we’re talking about George, right now, like something doesn’t feel right about this. If it was after Singapore, ok fair. I’d disagree but fair. But so many other drivers made errors in Canada that to single out George is ridiculous.

[@TheHarrie93]

Russel still needs to learn the lesson Max had in Monaco in 2018. You don't win a race by overdriving and making mistakes. It's Max's consistency that won him Canada and his many races since that point. It's like George is still trying to prove himself and making unforced errors. Canada and Singapore in 2023 were low points in his career.

[@Sauceyjames]

It seems Aldas just doesnt have it in the videos anymore. Maybe im just done with speculation and rumour mill when theres just cherry picked evidence and not just straight facts of all the races. F1unchained and RPM been my type for awhile. Ofc autosport is good too when theres a trio of chat.

[@akashahmed4121]

Yes I don’t remember Lewis being told to stop crying and just drive….”Lewis we know this car is bad…just drive it”

[@chinmaybarole5078]

Toto slowed his growth by making him drive the Williams when they were in below rock bottom phase

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Fav driver

[@AndrewDRSWilliamson]

Carlos no way 😂. Alonso or Vettel or left field shout Ocon

[@danielmarcusm.3286]

He made mistakes for sure, but so did Lewis, Carlos and Lando etc. I don't see videos about "The Carlos Dilemma?" George still got the first pole and podium of the season for Merc. This is just overdramatisation of a race with tricky conditions where many up and down the field made fatal errors. There's no Russell dilemma, He's holding his own against a 7x WDC. He's doing what's expected with the mistakes you'd expect from someone who has had few chances to race for wins. See: max 2016 or lando 2020

[@yannickvaz694]

The "Russell Dillema" isn't about what happened in Canada, it's about what's happening with Mercedes and Antonelli. Toto's speaking about Kimi as though he's the future of Mercedes, which doesn't look good for Russell. George's race in Canada just adds another layer to it.

[@gameofender4463]

@@yannickvaz694 So I’m assuming Oscar is at McLaren because they have no faith in Norris. There’s a DECADE between George and Kimi. Of course Kimi COULD be the future. But that “future” could be in F1 till 2046 at minimum. There’s no rush for Kimi.

[@Son-Of-Gillean]

George still doesn't have a lot of experience fighting at the front to be fair. If Mercedes can keep themselves up the top end of the grid and George gets more chances to fight for wins, I'm sure he will iron out the mistakes and be less affected by excitement/pressure.

[@lhommeaudacieux]

Wicked fast, but pushing over the limit here and there is exactly where Max was in his early days at Red Bull. If you dont occasionally push too far you never learn how far you can. I think if #Blessed had stuck around for another season or two Geroge would have started beating him consistently.

[@tozkal96]

george has the pace but he has a weak mind. he cracks under pressure like an egg thrown from a highrise. every time he is close to the podium in race he makes mistakes and crashes.

[@abubakrhartley959]

feels as tho if George Russell was in the same car as max, max would beat him week in week out

[@tylerensminger]

I think he's very talented but is missing that something that the very best have. Maybe he can find it. Charles had his share of mistakes in 2022 that cost him points against Max. Even if it probably wouldn't have mattered

[@jeromesoriano4773]

35 seconds WW. also pretty glad Mercedes are kind of back and so far have winning cars

[@caydenshoe2407]

I think u meant alongside leclerc and norris** not piastri

[@noellehablutzel4957]

I think he meant that Leclerc & Piastri also won F3/GP3 & F2 back to back. so George won them back to back alongside these two

[@vinayaksaxena634]

Its so funny how everyone is turning on George on ONE mistake during the first time that the shithouse of the merc has been good. No one is gonna talk about the consistency or the win in 2022 during his first season and carrying the same form in 2023 with acceptable mistakes in Singapore... and now being the team lead in 2024 due to hamilton not losing his form. And supposedly no one even cares about his 2020 race with Merc where he almost beat his more experienced teammate in Valterri fair and square only to be ruined by the pitstops in a car he had been in only for 2 days..

[@barlmax4095]

the thing with Russell is his race pace and his race iq, Hamilton can start 15 while Russell 1 and somehow they’ll both end up together

[@xenteko7249]

The 2 safety cars definitely had nothing to do with it...

[@barlmax4095]

@@xenteko7249 russell should had the W still he made two mistakes which cost him more than the safety cars without counting that the second sc helped him because the mediums were the best tyre to be on

[@xenteko7249]

@@barlmax4095 Bollocks. Merc had the third fastest car.

[@barlmax4095]

@@xenteko7249 shure, pole position, Russell catching Verstappen on dries until mistake to turn 8-9

[@WjC00LEY]

He’s always been a hard charger, but he hasn’t seem to fix his lapses in critical moments.

[@itube8352]

The Mercedes needs a Verstappen quality driver to replace Lewis, because George is not a number one. Just like Leclerc.