George Russell has made “work for himself” by daring to name out Max Verstappen and get up for himself in opposition to the four-time World Champion.
That is the view of David Coulthard because the shock waves from Thursday’s Russell rant within the Mercedes hospitality suite proceed to reverberate across the sport.
George Russell warned ‘backside line will all the time be the race’
“It’s fascinating that George has taken that on, it exhibits enormous confidence on his half,” the previous F1 star informed PlanetF1.com. “It additionally will make work for him.
“The extra you say the extra the media collectively will choose up on some extent and construct on it. It’s like placing a finger in slightly wound and making it greater. It’s a part of the leisure.”
Coulthard, a 13-time grand prix winner, took counsel from a buddy on the matter earlier than providing his opinion to Planet F1.
“I spend a very long time with my previous team-mate Mika Hakkinen and I raised this very level with him,” defined the Scotsman.
“I stated to him that as a racer he was famously conservative along with his solutions whereas these days I do know him as someone that doesn’t shut up. Why would that be?
“He stated that was a method on his half. ‘I simply didn’t wish to spend extra time than I wanted to on issues that wouldn’t assist me go quicker,’ is how he put it.
“On the one hand I am going ‘yup, okay, that is smart’. On the opposite, I all the time took the view that being knowledgeable was not nearly what you probably did on monitor, it was about the way you handled companions, the sponsors, the media. Put your greatest foot ahead always.
“But, you realize, he received two World Championships and I didn’t, so whose technique was the proper technique?!”
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The upshot of Russell’s outburst is that he’ll now, to borrow from Hakkinen, should spend extra time than he would really like on issues that won’t assist him go quicker.
“George is clearly consciously prepared to say what he feels and I respect that,” added Coulthard. “But the disagreement will finally be selected the race monitor.
“Their spat is sensible [for the F1 product]. From a present standpoint it’s rather more fascinating when individuals aren’t all the time seeing eye to eye. It generates curiosity, speaking factors.
“But the underside line will all the time be the race. It will all the time be the chequered flag.
“A bit like boxers giving a pre-fight press convention and doing all of the trash speaking, they know that’s a part of the present. But an important factor is who’s nonetheless standing on the finish of the bout.”
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