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left is torger's statement after canada george dnf; right is torger's statement after barcelona kimi dnf

as we already know, if it's related to george the personal pronoun "he" is used, trying to imply a more personal problem. however, when kimi dnf it's a "we" problem, which is a more collective pronoun, implying the whole team would take responsibility for it. i should mention that BOTH are power unit failures which is out of the driver's control (we know merc PUs have a massive reliability problem) yet such different framing of similar situations.

another point: look at the parts i underlined. if george dnf, it is HIM who needs to bounce back. but if it's kimi dnf, it's we will investigate this problem immediately. if it's george, he doesn't deserve for the team to work "flat out". only once the dnf hits kimi then you realise there is a "reliability" issue even though ALL your other customer teams already had said issues.

Natalie: so you’re in this strange position of learning from him [Lewis] and wanting to be respectful of him, but equally if you can out preform him as you did, that’s a huge statement

George: “I learned so much from Lewis that year, just how he was such a leader within the team. He was so supportive of me throughout that year, it really, it really built a close bond between the two of us.

But of course for the team, the results were such difficult moments, because we weren’t winning

So I quickly realised, I was super happy I’m finishing ahead of the GOAT, but then it’s like, I’m here at Mercedes, the goal isn’t for George to beat Lewis for a P3, the goal is for Mercedes to be P1, that was the bigger picture”

- George on his relationship with Lewis in 2022 for Sky

a) Kimis times

b) they focused on Lando when Lewis was the obvious threat

c) Marcus not telling GR that Kimi is driving a different racing line in t12 gaining 0.3 on George there and not suggesting different entry into that corner to try to do the same… maybe not gaining the full back 0.3 but maybe 0.2

They took some responsibility for George's pace!!

Stop the nuke?

Probably not but wow

Unprecedented fr

Fuck the pr gimmick tho, like never forgetting that shit ✌️

Edit: just to be clear, we should absolutely keep cooking Mercedes for their continued fuck-ups

(And Toto in particular)

It's devastating how many times they have let George down this season alone

There is a serious problem within the F1 team.

Proper competent low cortisol george russell loving AMG CEO vs unserious incompetent high cortisol george russell hating old fart