'The car has been really great' - George Russell

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George, congratulations, another weekend, another pole. Talk us through it from your side.
The car's been really great this whole day and also the engine is performing more,
let's say, normal compared to what we saw in Melbourne where you obviously had those big
D rates, it was a bit challenging to drive. It was a bit challenging in Q3 because the wind picked up
and I think us and McLaren sort of lost a bit of speed in the straight but the car's been really
great and it was a joy to drive. What's your thinking for tomorrow? We saw what happened
at the start in Australia, of course, you've got your teammates just behind you, Lando, Lewis,
what are you expecting? A fight from them or can you breeze ahead from where you are?
I can't expect anything, expect the unexpected, I don't know what's going to happen.
My practice start this morning was much better, probably one of my best of the season.
We're obviously improving so much in that regard and the full focus since Melbourne has been on
how we can improve those starts. Thankfully the two guys around me are two Mercedes engines so
hopefully there's not going to be any fast starts in Ferrari, Zumbi. But then the race,
it's going to be, I think we're going to struggle with graining. We saw last year
graining was quite a factor, tyres were dropping off so let's see what we can do.
