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Russell struggled for speed in Miami and Monaco, but adopted a “simple mind-set” after recognizing he was overthinking, heightened by the unusual breaks in the schedule after the races were canceled in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia because of the war in Iran.

“I think we were doing things differently because things were going wrong. And we had too much time on our hands to think. You’re trying to always improve, and every single driver on this grid, you’re looking for that last 0.1 percent of improvement. But sometimes if you put so much effort on that 0.1 percent, the 99.9 percent you don’t focus on as much”

“I love using like tennis analogies because I follow the sport a lot. Djokovic was not as competitive as Nadal on clay. And if he spent his whole off season trying to improve on clay for that one tournament, he might compromise the other three quarters of the season. I can argue that’s probably what happened to me at one point. I’ve gone back, simple mind, doing what I know works best for me, trusting my intuition.”

“This has been probably the first season I can remember for 10 plus years that I have struggled a bit with performance at a couple of races, and that’s difficult to keep the confidence sometimes”. Russell said the last race, in Barcelona, was “probably the most important weekend of my year.”

“It was maybe a race where it was the least amount of confidence I’ve had going into practice. And I was quickest every single lap of the weekend on Friday and Saturday. That made me very proud knowing I can switch it on, and I need to just find that click. I just need to get everything in that right window. And I know my driving will take me to where it needs to go”

“And that was a really great reminder. I hadn’t just forgotten how to drive in a tough Monaco and a tough Miami. But sometimes you feel like you have. And then you come back and you’re like, ‘No, I’ve not forgotten how to drive.’”

He left bloody fingerprints on the rock, but there was something satisfying about that. I was here. I exist. I’m alive, because I bleed. He hadn’t stopped being thankful for his body. Hello, Adam Parrish’s formerly chapped hands, I’m happy to have you.

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater