In Canada there was only one name to the command in the Formula 1, George Russell's. He achieved a great pole, dominated the start -in -end race between strategies. And he is the man who nobody speaks for the world title of Formula 1. That should Being a McLaren or Max Verstappen thing, but the British is there. He already adds four victories, shattered Lewis Hamilton in 2024 and his 2025 is pure consistency. With just an inconvenience: it has no contract for 2026.
George Russell at the top of the Canada podium.
Russell It is clearly a crash without a contract. Mercedes does not enter the rag and says nothing, but its star has not renewed. In fact, it has already appeared in pools of Red Bull If it came out Verstappen and included Aston Martin. Although the couple Fernando Alonso – Lance Stroll It looks at all untouchable and almost a rumor to move the machine in favor of the Norfolk pilot.
Mercedes awaits the future of Verstappen And it seems obvious, although the Dutchman is still installed in the positions of fighting for the title. The thing is complicated and Russell only thinks of silver. “I haven't talked to anyone else,” he said. Its clear objective is to renew and fight for a 2026 where everyone indicates that the German factory – with the British heart – will have more competitive motor solutions from the beginning.
I'm driving better than ever. I feel that I still have more and I am prepared to fight for a championship
With a Russell Growth. “I am piloting better than ever. I feel that I still have more and I am prepared to fight for a championship, the results show that we are there to get it,” he said. He only had the great Monaco stain where an electrical problem left him lying in the classification and in the race he suffered with the despair of Williams and RB strategies with both stops.
Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, leads the pack at the start of the F1 Canadian Grand Prix auto race in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
“I have fun, I am relaxed and I do not talk to anyone else. I have always been open with the teams that show interest And I make it clear that my intention is to continue in Mercedes“, he adds. Without denying that Verstappen's can be an impediment.” It is the first option for all teams, “he says. But he knows their virtues and more with its complete hatching in 2025.
I have always been open with the teams that show interest and make it clear that my intention is to continue in Mercedes
In the fight it should be. If McLaren self -destroys, Red Bull only finds verstappen flashes and it is true that Mercedes can now work at a good level at high temperatures, Russell could call the battle door. It is the covered and the one that still has no contract for 2026.
