George Russell vows to give Max Verstappen “proper fight” after Lando Norris dig

"I just want to make sure we get in thatꦚ fight now becᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚause it’s about time somebody gave him a proper fight"

George Russell and Max Verstappen
George Russell and Max Verstappen

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell says “it's about time” someone gives 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen “a proper fight” for the F1 title following his💟 victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Russell dominated the race from pole position in Las Vegas to take the win ahead of Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, handing the team their first 1-2 of the year.

The British driver has enjoyed a strong year with Mercedes, taking tജwo victories.

☂Without his DSQ that could have been three wins, while he was leading in Brazil before Mercedes called him into the pit laneꦰ for fresh intermediates as the VSC ended - a call he didn’t want to happen.

Speaking after his win in Las Vegas, Russell feels he’s the driver to give Verstappen a more challenging fight for the title, hinting that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris should have done a better job.

“I🐲 just want to make sure we 𒐪get in that fight now because it’s about time somebody gave him a proper fight,” he told Viaplay. “That’s my plan, that’s what I want to do.

“He’s a fierce competitor and Red Bull are doing amazing but thi🎶s championship probably should’ve gone down to the wire.

“You could ar🦩gue that Max probably wasn’t the favourite at one point and yet he wins it with races to go.

“So we need to get our stuff🤪 together to make it a bit more challenging.”

Verstappen clinched his fourth F1 title in Vegas after finiꦍshing P5, onඣe place ahead of Norris.

From Imola onwards, it looked lik🍬e Norris would have a serious chance of taking his maiden F1 title with McLaren having the edge over Red Bull.

However, even though Verstappen has taken just one win since the Spanish Grand Prix in June, he’s remained consistent and extended his lead over Norris despite the issues ♋faced with the RB20.

Speaking in the FIA press conference afterꦿ the race, Russe♚ll lauded Verstappen for his campaign.

“Yeah, exceptional. I mean, he had a dominant car at the start of the year and he got the wind when he needed to and then genuinꦿely thought he probably wasn't going to win this championship,” Russell added. “And he delivered week in, week out, and got the best result the car was capable of and his rivals didn't.

“And, you know, I thought it was going to go right to the wire. And, yeah, he won [with] three races to go. So, you know, huge congrats to him. We🌌 just got to make sure that we get ourselves in that fight.

“And give him a harder time. Because it's about time, I think we feel reaꦛdy to try and take that challenge to the front.”

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