Russell stated he believed Singapore had been “in all probability my most dominant weekend” however hesitated to classify it as his finest win, saying last year’s victory in Las Vegas was “fairly cool”.
He additionally stated that profitable in Singapore had been “so surprising” – Mercedes have had a troublesome run of races and their second place within the constructors’ championship was coming underneath menace.
He stated: “We have to sit down tomorrow and Tuesday to kind of perceive why the efficiency was so good.”
Russell received pole by 0.182 seconds from Verstappen, though the Dutchman felt he would have been in rivalry to beat his time if he had not run into soiled air from Lando Norris’ McLaren on his ultimate lap and slid huge on the ultimate chicane.
Russell’s drive to victory was helped by Verstappen’s option to run comfortable tyres at the beginning of the race.
As soon as Russell saved the lead on the first nook, it meant Verstappen lacked the tempo to problem him. And he held again Norris’ McLaren, which regarded to have the tempo to problem Russell, for the remainder of the race.
“Realistically, Lando regarded extremely quick,” Russell stated. “He was inside a second of Max the entire race. And round this circuit, that is not simple. So, we’ll take the efficiency for as we speak, rejoice it, and I will not assume an excessive amount of about (the subsequent race in) Austin but.”
