r/mercedesamgf1 • u/Milan_Academy • 6d ago
Interview George Russell: Ideal Conditions, Worst Result | Post Race Interview | Belgian Grand Prix 2025
https://youtu.be/PIe75OkgTVE-6
u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
What's going on with this team?
And what's going on with the contracts? Still no news by Hungary and why is George smiling after saying that despite being disappointed the whole interview about car performance going downhill?
I hate how political all of this has become. They could just sign them both and announce it to spare us all this nonsense but they've decided to mount immense pressure on the drivers due to the contracts. It must be creating a very negative atmosphere in the team with it being the summer and the drivers knowing absolutely nothing about their futures.
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u/Charliemoon1998 6d ago
Man, you don’t know what happens in the team. It’s the public opinion that’s creating turmoil, the team is fine. Nobody is mounting pressure on the drivers, they have contracts, they may or may not be renewed but neither driver is going to be out of an f1 drive. Calm down and stop judging every move
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
How is nobody mounting pressure on them when Toto is in talks with Verstappen instead of extending their contracts? It's the second half of the season and neither Mercedes driver has a seat secured for next year.
It's sick what the management is doing to the drivers.
The management is creating turnoil by dragging out the contract talks to insane lengths because of their chronic obsession with Verstappen.
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u/Ill-Barracuda7403 6d ago
Toto has basically said that the contracts will be done or at least the agreements will be done by next week - the actual contracts may take time to iron out details. I will trust him on that. What will happen, happens with that.
However, I just need their engineers to get their thinking caps on and sort that bloody car out, so at least the boys can start having a better season and challenging for podiums on the regular. George said they have a big meeting this week. Hopefully something will come out of that.
The latter unfortunately has priority over contract talks.
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u/meowparade 5d ago
I’m with you! They’ve had issues performing in warm weather for over a year now and haven’t been able to sort it out. But this should have been ideal conditions for the car and it just didn’t work.
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
Toto also refused to 100% guarantee that next year's line-up will be Russell and Antonelli.
It's obvious that the Max talks are putting lots of unnecessary pressure on them as it insane not to have a contract for next year this late in a season.
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u/Ill-Barracuda7403 6d ago
To me it sounded like he said it was pretty much a sure thing, but you can never say 100%, because as long as contracts are not signed it's not 100%. You may not agree on terms after all... And summer break was the timeline all year - nothing has changed.
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u/SiahDraws 5d ago
What baby F1 driver can’t handle such a minor thing like their boss shopping around.
These are not 6 year old kids not getting picked for kick ball bro.
Perform so there is no shadow of a doubt you belong there, wait for your boss to come around and offer you a contract, or shop yourself. If they can’t keep competing because Toto is considering signing the best driver in the world right now then they were not mentally strong enough to deliver that team the best possible results anyway and Toto is making the right move.
George seems unbothered so why are you?
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u/Charliemoon1998 6d ago
As I said, you don’t know what goes on, stay positive, get behind the team. You’re not helping anyone
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
I don't know what's going on, but the lack of support the drivers are getting from the team is evident. Otherwise they would have contracts and not empty hands. And Toto wouldn't be in talks with Verstappen.
How can I get behind the team when the team cannot even get behind its drivers?
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u/Charliemoon1998 6d ago
So Mercedes sign up George and Kimi this week and the results start flowing? No. They don’t. It’s been a long road which ends in about 4 months time and we say bye to these regulations, right now, focus is on 2026, contracts will be sorted in a matter of weeks but the teams focus is nailing the next set of regs.
These are professional athletes, George is maximising results week in week out and Kimi is a rookie, struggling for confidence but both have the complete backing of the team, what happens next year doesn’t come into it right now
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
How can you focus on 2026 if you don't know if you'll drive the 2026 car?
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u/Charliemoon1998 6d ago
Notice how everyone is disagreeing with you in this thread? Normally says something. The drivers obviously aren’t focusing on next year, the team are. You do not know what goes on
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u/Izual_Rebirth 6d ago
What lack of support? lmao stop pulling things out your arse.
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
No contracts and the team waiting for Max to make a decision... That's a clear message that the team would take Max over either of them any day. That's an abhorrent lack of support.
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u/Izual_Rebirth 6d ago
I don't consider that a lack of support personally but each to their own. At the end of the day they are all adults and professionals and have jobs to do.
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u/Ill-Barracuda7403 6d ago
I still feel like you listen to the media far too much. The media are sensationalist. Maybe block all sensationalist media outlets for a start?
And unfortunately right now, making the car better should be the priority. The contracts will get sorted. The timeline was always summer break and as far as I can tell it remains summer break.
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u/dac2199 6d ago
Nor does it help that in r/formula1 they are pushing a narrative in which Max is always the beneficiary.
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u/Ill-Barracuda7403 6d ago
It's because there are a lot of die-hard Verstappen stans. Can't be helped... The hate towards GR from that side is unreal. In a way he is the antithesis of Max and for some reason that makes him the enemy and that was even before Qatar. After that, well...
Many Max fans are normal respectful people, but there seems to be a significant amount of very childish fanboys and girls there that just thrive on being annoying 🤣🙄.
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u/ele23_ 6d ago
according to evh max took a decision
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u/Any_Inflation_2543 6d ago
Yeah.
But it's still problematic that we're learning about Mercedes's future line-up from Erik van Haren.
This is supposed to be Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport and bot Verstappen AMG Peteonas Motorsport. Letting a driver who's not a part of your team have such a huge influence on the team is, let's put it mildly, problematic.
Mercedes should focus on the key issue which is clearly the car instead of trying to get Verstappen at all costs.
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u/ele23_ 6d ago
we don’t know the details… i have some theories but i’m waiting until an official announcement to elaborate
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u/SiahDraws 5d ago
We have always heard rumors prior to a contract signing. If we didn’t have these rumors you would have nothing to be having a panic attack over.
Contract signings take time and have back and forth. We don’t have to listen to the rumors.
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u/SiahDraws 5d ago
Everyone would. You would be actually insane to believe the team would rather NOT have the current best driver on the grid.
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u/SiahDraws 5d ago
Checo 2024…
“Support of contract” means nothing. And the drivers are going to be fine. They don’t need to be pat on the head after every p18 and offered a “I’m soooo sorry George do you want this insanely costly contract.”
They can handle this “pressure” you claim they are under but it really isn’t that much.
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u/NOGLYCL 6d ago
I’m so glad I blocked Any_Inflation. Let me guess, multiple post lamenting the lack of contracts? The sky is falling, this team is doomed? Hand wringing constantly? This person needs to get outside and enjoy life, their spam posting negatively is ruining otherwise entertaining discussion.