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[naenia ¹ ⁶³ @norrusselism]

max: "i've never raced against lando. he was like two years younger."

🗣️: "there is a famous picture of you and lando, like shaking hands."

max: "he was so tiny. yeah, he grew late."

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

Malaysia bound 🇲🇾

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

P1 in Baku and a grand slam!! 🏆🇦🇿 Feels great to be back on the top step of the podium. It’s been a while since the T-pose has made an appearance 😂
Solid work from the team and thanks to the fans for the love. Feeling energised for the upcoming races. Let’s go, team 👊

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the full transcript;

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romain grosjean talking about lando’s pole lap in madrid

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https://t.co/DA0EnZt3fd

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a few interesting bits from the f1 nation podcast

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

Strong weekend overall with the sprint win and P3 today 🏆 Thanks Zandvoort for a cool last race 🙌

[Formula 1 @F1]

LANDO NORRIS WINS THE DUTCH GRAND PRIX!!! 🏆🥳

#F1 #DutchGP

[Formula 1 @F1]

LANDO NORRIS TAKES POLE AT ZANDVOORT 💪

#F1 #DutchGP

[George Russell @GeorgeRussell63]

P1 in the Sprint!! 🔥 Strong start to the second half of the season, good job team. Feels good to be back. Let’s keep the momentum going!

[naenia ¹ ⁶³ @norrusselism]

@chaosgather313 i’ll watch both ✌🏻

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George Russell on Perfectionism, Mindset, And The Car He Didn't Fit In |... https://t.co/iTF1WL5IWY

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george: “something i've learned on my journey and i always like to say to younger people who ask me for advice is not being afraid to make mistakes. i hated making mistakes when i was younger because i felt like i was letting down my family and everybody who supported me.

and sometimes i prefer to drive slightly below my limit and below my maximum potential and not make any mistakes, rather than push myself and knowing where the ceiling was.

but i learned over time that when i push myself and i made those mistakes, it was so difficult in the moment. but i became a better driver and a better human because of it. so in life, you need to make these mistakes to grow and to progress.”

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“formula 1 has absolutely exploded. you all know, back in the states, it's huge now. i'm there most weekends. [..] how do you deal with that whilst you're also trying to manage this internal thing of data versus instinct, plus managing all the media days and all of the fan engagement, coming across well?”

george: “i mean, first, it's awesome to see where formula 1 is now. because we raced during the pandemic in 2020, and we had no fans at the races. and you then suddenly realize how soulless it all felt. and it kind of reminds you that the fans are the center of every sport, and they make it what it is or what it isn't.

so when i see the crowds of people, when it can be overwhelming sometimes, i always remind myself how it was 6 years ago without any of the fans there. and we're very fortunate that people are loving the sport that i love.

but as you say, i think managing your energy across a season is really key. because i've realized you can't do everything and that was also when i was younger, i wanted to spend the most amount of time in the engineering truck, looking at the analysis, the most amount of days on the simulator, the longest hours in the gym, getting to the races earliest to acclimatize as well as possible. and then i realized i had no days.

so i think it's important to pinpoint what is going to bring me the most amount of performance and just finding that right balance. sometimes for me, on a saturday night at a race weekend, leaving the track and going back and having a nice evening meal and an early night brings me more performance than spending an extra hour looking through the data. but on other occasions, it's the opposite. so you've just got to find out in the moment what it is that's going to bring you the biggest impact.”

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the interview where he previously talked about data and instinct:

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🗣️: “is your attention to detail one of your superpowers? because i'm hearing it.”

ariana: “yeah, this is what i said to you before. i said ‘george's attention to detail, watch out for it.’”

george: “i think it can go both ways. it can be a superpower, but it can also really impact you. and just recently as well, i came out saying ‘i've been too focused on the data, and i want to go back to driving more instinctively’ and finding that balance of how do i continuously improve and looking at all of this detail and the data, but still drive instinctively as i've done my whole life is a real challenge.

and i am looking to improve in every single area. but sometimes, if you look to improve that last 1%, it can affect the 99% that you don't want to adjust. so trying to improve the small area without it impacting everything else, that is the real challenge.”

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context (previous question): https://t.co/GotmqLa43o

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george: "if you're standing still, everyone's moving forward past you. and even when you get to the top, you've got to keep on striving forward because you've got somebody below who's trying to push even further.

and i think this is the most challenging thing in sport. when a team is successful, to continue to re-innovate the mentality and to keep on pushing forward. because when you're on top, you're on top for a reason. that's because you've done everything right. but you can't just stand there and stand still because, as i said, the people behind you are going to keep pushing you forward.

so having that confidence and ability to say ‘i need to keep on changing the game, changing my approach, keep on evolving,’ not dislocating everything and starting from a blank sheet of paper, but it's just continuously evolving. and you've got to be so brave to make those decisions, especially when you're winning.”

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ariana: “did you feel a shift in that when you came from williams to mercedes? obviously, you were part of the mercedes junior program. but when you were in formula 1, in williams, and then moving to a team like mercedes that had all these years of championships and were really operating at the absolute top level, did you feel in yourself, ‘oh wow, i need to even step it up a little bit more here’?”

george: “for sure. i mean, when i came to mercedes, just seeing the way every single department operated, i was like ‘i need to raise my game.’ and then people bounced off one another. and when you accept a suboptimal standard in any single area, that also goes through the whole team around you. like ‘oh well, if he's not doing his best in that area, then i can afford not to do my best in this area’ and then suddenly, before you know it, you've got a couple of hundred people or a thousand people not operating at their best.”

ariana: “well, this is something that toto talks about a lot. he talks about the attention to detail in the toilets at the races. sorry to bring it up but he always says even the toilets at the race have to be immaculate. because we're maintaining a standard on every level. and i think that that is something that you really feel when you come to mercedes in comparison to some other teams. [..] but you do feel it in literally every area that you step into within the team.”

george: “yeah, for sure. and i remember when i was at williams, something when i started to get a bit of confidence and was trying to help lead the team forward, something that actually really annoyed me at the factory and we made a change was how slow the coffee machine was.

and the reason why it annoyed me is because all of the team members and the great engineers and designers, at their lunch break, they're going to queue for the coffee. and suddenly, there's a big long queue. and it brought an element of frustration to everyone just standing there, waiting, seeing the time ticking by on their lunch break.

and for me, that was just like a mentality of, you know, the coffee machine is suboptimal, and it's going to take me an extra three minutes standing here, but that's fine, you know, it doesn't really matter. that isn't the mentality you need. you want everything to be absolutely incredible.

and then that gives you the inspiration ‘oh wow, that coffee machine comes super quick, and the coffee is incredible and everything here is amazing and where i work is great, the people around me are great. oh jeez, i need to step it up.’ and i feel like that really goes through the whole factory. and that's why toto is such a great leader.”

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george: "if you're standing still, everyone's moving forward past you. and even when you get to the top, you've got to keep on striving forward because you've got somebody below who's trying to push even further.

and i think this is the most challenging thing in sport. when a team is successful, to continue to re-innovate the mentality and to keep on pushing forward. because when you're on top, you're on top for a reason. that's because you've done everything right. but you can't just stand there and stand still because, as i said, the people behind you are going to keep pushing you forward.

so having that confidence and ability to say ‘i need to keep on changing the game, changing my approach, keep on evolving,’ not dislocating everything and starting from a blank sheet of paper, but it's just continuously evolving. and you've got to be so brave to make those decisions, especially when you're winning.”