George Russell showed he can stand the heat in more ways than one as he won the Austrian Grand Prix to revive his Formula 1 title chances.
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I think that’s going to restore some of his confidence,” the 1996 F1 champion added. Sunday’s win showed off Russell’s smart approach to racing in a different way as he managed his pace and stayed out of trouble, even as those behind him lost time battling each other for position. Racing in a heatwave with a broken drinks system, Russell held off Max Verstappen and his own teammate Kimi Antonelli to turn his controversial pole position into a dominant win. Russell takes back second in the standings from Hamilton with his seventh career win and cuts Antonelli’s lead to 40points. He was at a loss for words given the amount of bad luck he had, but he finally got a good victory; a genuine win, he got pole position and so forth.
Because it was, as he said at one point, he didn’t know what to say, “George having got a win and closed the gap to Kimi, that’s going to be a positive for him and a massive relief.
