George Russell has replicated Lewis Hamilton’s memorable F1 race-winning {photograph} on the Singapore Grand Prix.
After the race in Singapore, Russell celebrated his victory in tribute to Hamilton’s 2018 Singapore win for Mercedes.
Like Hamilton, Russell sat on the start-finish straight after the race along with his winner’s trophy.
In a publish on his Instagram account, Russell captioned the {photograph}: “In 2018 I used to be with Mercedes in Singapore and watched Lewis take an unimaginable pole place after which win the race.
“I keep in mind how he took a extremely cool photograph on the observe afterwards – and I dreamed again then of someday being in Method 1 myself.”
Russell took a commanding win in Singapore on Sunday, ending forward of Max Verstappen.
The British driver produced two qualifying laps ok to take pole place in Q3 and stored the lead in the beginning earlier than controlling the race from the entrance of the sector.
Russell benefitted from Verstappen’s poor tempo in the beginning of the grand prix, which was as a consequence of Pink Bull’s determination to begin him on the gentle tyres to retain observe place over the McLaren pair.
Russell’s victory is Mercedes’ first in Singapore since 2018.
The 2018 Singapore Grand Prix proved decisive within the title race as Hamilton surprised title rival Sebastian Vettel by taking pole.
Singapore had been a bogey observe for Mercedes, with Vettel profitable in 2015 and taking a dominant pole in 2017.
Many view Hamilton’s 2018 pole lap as one of many biggest qualifying efforts within the sport’s historical past.
Russell “extra relaxed”
Russell has loved an unimaginable 2025 F1 marketing campaign. He’s persistently maximised the Mercedes bundle, taking over the position of crew chief following Hamilton’s exit.
Russell feels he’s now extra “relaxed” when driving in comparison with his first two years with the crew.
“I believe it comes with expertise, simply figuring out how one can maximise each state of affairs,” Russell defined within the FIA post-race press convention.
“In all probability a few years in the past I used to be driving a bit extra tense and possibly over-pushing in circumstances after I shouldn’t have been. Now I simply really feel way more relaxed.
“Going into as we speak, I used to be relaxed. When it was raining an hour earlier than the race, I simply mentioned, you understand, it’s what it’s. It’s the identical for everyone.
“There’s nothing I can do, so there’s no level stressing about it. I believe myself a couple of years in the past would have been barely totally different.”
