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GEORGE RUSSELL of Mercedes-AMG Petronas celebrates his pole position during qualifying for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo, Spain, on June 13, 2026. Photo by Andrea Diodato.

GR: After such a tough run of results, obviously for various different reasons, as I've said, big reset, and you never know, how it's going to pan out. Just really felt my groove again, really comfortable in the car, very similar to how I've felt at the start of the year. And then to get the result, yeah really grateful for the team, and everyone who's sort of stood by me in these couple of weeks. (...) I've not looked at a single piece of data the whole weekend. I've just driven the car and trusted my instincts. And that was a bit of a risk, because these cars are so complicated, and you're always trying to find that next step of improvement, but that's what I've been doing with my team for the last few races. (...) I was like, I need to trust my own gut here and something was telling me I needed to go in my own direction and super glad I have.

2026 SPANISH GP : pole position

GR: Feeling the groove, like on the dance floor! [INT: George Groove Russell, I like it! Like on a dance floor?] Yeah, after a few...

GR: I’ve got to be honest, just really happy to be back in my groove over the course of the whole weekend. You know, it’s been a difficult few races for me. Obviously bad luck, there have been some poor performances in there, but went back to an approach that I knew works for me this weekend, and more important than the pole position for me was just in sort of every lap of the whole weekend, you know, I was in the top two positions and I felt confident, I felt good. Just felt like my old self again. So that was, regardless of what happened in Q3, you know, Lewis did a really amazing job and also could have got the pole position as well, but regardless, that was the most important thing for me this weekend. (...) It just feels back to what I felt at the start of the year during winter testing, you know, Barcelona here, Bahrain testing, Melbourne, China. I felt really comfortable in the car, really happy. And, you know, Miami was just the first weekend where everything felt pretty challenging, and that’s where I think, I can accept, and with my direct group of engineers we can accept, we probably made some wrong decisions in these last three races. As I said, more than anything, more than this pole position, I’m just glad to feel myself again, feel at one with the car again, as I have done for the last few years.

I always knew Oscar was a real one.

GR: It feels great. More than just the pole, just how this whole weekend has panned out. Had a big reset after Monaco, it's been a really tough run of races for us, for various different reasons. (...) Every single lap we've done this week, every session, every lap, we've been in the top 2 positions. And that is even if Lewis pipped us to pole today, I'd have still been super happy, with being back in this groove, this mojo, kind of at one with the car.

@.georgerussell63: So great to be back on Pole!! Of course, tomorrow is when it’s all to play for but I really appreciate everyone’s support leading up to this week. It’s helped achieve this moment 💪 All eyes on tomorrow 👊

still very happy to see george realising there's nothing wrong with his driving style even if it's not the common brutal aggressive. he'll adapt anyway

Ummm so what happened in all the other races in between those two lmao

Getting emotional over a damn instagram caption

YESSSS BABY