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When Toto came to tell George his quali lap stood (Austria 2026 GP)

2026 AUSTRIAN GP Qualifying : P1

GR: It’s probably the Austrian accent, to be honest. No, I think knowing that your boss has 100% faith and confidence in you. You know, he’s been the one who has been the first to pick me up throughout the season when things haven’t been going right, and reminding me, like, “You haven’t forgotten how to drive, and I know the speed you’ve got.” And we speak every single day, and those little messages, they kind of throw me to conversations that we have on a personal level between races as such. So maybe for you sort of listening, not knowing the context, for me it means a lot and reminds me of those chats we’ve had, and reminds me that, yeah, I can do it. I’ve done it my whole career. There’s no reason why I can’t do it again today.

they sicken me IM TIRED OF THEM IM SICKENED EVEN MORE THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO SAY WHATEVER GEORGE IM NOT GONNA TRY TO SAVE YOU WHATEVER!!!!!

I don't promise not to get mad at Toto...but yeah.

No, it was just a little bit of how I brought the tyres in, changed a little bit of front wing as well. But it’s one of those, when you nail Turn 1 and you go through fast, but the car doesn’t slide, it keeps the temperatures a little bit down, so the tyres are cooler approaching the next turn, and then you have more grip, you go through there faster, and the tyres are cooler once again. It’s this sort of upward spiral. And equally, if you have a bad Turn 1, you’re on this downward spiral. And it just clicked. It’s just one of those magic laps and just so pleased, because it’s been a real tough run for me. But, you know, like Toto said to me in Q2, “Just enjoy it, just enjoy the drive.” He said the same ahead of Q3: “Just go out and enjoy it.” And I said that to myself, “Just don’t overdrive it, just enjoy it,” because it’s quite a cool thing that we do.

GEORGE RUSSELL REMEMBERED WHO HE IS AND PULLED OUT THE BEST Q3 LAP AND TOOK POLE POSITION!

y’all can shut up now

Toto about saying “just drive” to george on the radio

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