George Russell says describing Mercedes\u2019 2023 Formula 1 season as a failure would be wrong because of its constructors\u2019 championship progress and strong position behind Red Bull.
The points gap between Mercedes and Aston remained tight until the Austrian race, but it ballooned in the three races before the summer break as the latter’s form dipped due to mistakes made on its car design development path and the former worked through its decision to drastically alter its Monaco sidepod alterations.
“Obviously there was a lot of expectation upon us going into the season and perhaps why people are calling our season a bit of a failure. “We know we’ve got a lot to improve. We’ve made really good progress and I think going into the second half of the season, we can be there to hopefully pick up any pieces that fall our way. But we just never know.“I think last year we had the mentality that Singapore would be our only opportunity in the second half to win a race and when we didn’t win in Singapore, there was a bit of disappointment and there was sort of no expectations going into Brazil and we came away with the victory there.
“We want to keep on progressing,” he said. “I think as a team, we’re in a good position in the constructors’ championship – P2.
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