George Russell is able to win the F1 world championship with Mercedes, based on Nico Rosberg.
Russell loved an important 2024 F1 marketing campaign as he returned to successful methods on the Austrian Grand Prix.
The British driver would have received at Spa had it not been for a disqualification because of a technical infringement.
Russell outscored Hamilton by way of factors, ending forward of him within the championship standings for the second time in three years.
Arguably, essentially the most spectacular side of Russell’s season was his unimaginable qualifying type.
Russell claimed three poles and dismantled Hamilton on a Saturday, beating him 19-5 within the qualifying head-to-head.
Talking on the newest episode of the Sky F1 podcast, Rosberg – who raced at Mercedes from 2010 to 2016 – backed Russell to win the world championship if he’s given the equipment to take action.
“George can win the World Championship. If Mercedes provides him a good automotive then he can win the World Championship,” Rosberg mentioned.
“In qualifying, there’s nobody sooner than him. I might say there could be some individuals equal like Verstappen and so on. however he’s phenomenal in qualifying. Within the racing, sure… however we have to bear in mind we’re evaluating him to the best of all time all the time.
“It’s evaluating him to Lewis in the identical automotive. Lewis is the best of all time. George is shut however I feel generally a bit bit lacking in race tempo.”
Considerations raised over Russell’s race tempo
Whereas Russell is without doubt one of the easiest relating to one-lap efficiency, Rosberg continues to be uncertain about his race tempo.
“I even query perhaps as a result of as a driver it’s you who does the setup of the automotive finally,” he added.
“You decide. I ponder if perhaps he goes actually too aggressive and you’ll all the time do this one step too aggressive the place in qualifying it’s ultra-rapid however it does value you within the race a bit bit on setup.
“Perhaps he’s an excessive amount of in the direction of qualifying all the time there or there’s one thing else. However he must discover a tiny bit in racing. Even with the best way he’s been driving this 12 months, if the automotive’s there, he can win, be a world champion.”
