168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell insists he made the boldest strategic call of his career at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes driver☂ Russell earned a podium finish in the 2025 season-opener 🍷which became chaotic in the wet weather.

In a race where ex-teammate🌃 Lewis Hamilton was only 10th on his Ferrari debut, Russellꦫ credited a Mercedes team meeting earlier on Sunday for their excellent result.

He avoided a spin, unlike McLaren’s Oscar Piastri who missed out on a podium as a resu💖lt, after a brave strategy call.

George Russell reveals important meeting in Australia

“It was a race of survival,” Russell told Sky Sports after fini♒shing third behind Lando Norris and Max Verstapp🀅en.

“In that mid-phase it went from inters, then started raining more, then it we𝄹nt to sl𝕴icks, then started raining…

“It was the most decisive decision that🐎 I have ever taken, in terms of st꧒rategy.

“I came around the corner, where 🍌Oscar a𝓡nd Lando went off, and said ‘box, box, box, right now!’

“I came out of the pits and the inter tyres wer📖e probably six seconds slower in the first two sectors, but then were probably 10 seconds quicker in ⭕the last sector.

“I wasn’t sure what was going to happen.

“To come home in P3 was a good result.

“We had a really ဣamazing conversation and meeting this morni⛄ng.

“We all came together - Toto, the strategists, all the engineers. We knew exactly what we needed in each circumstance - when it was getting drier, and wetter, and who would be making the calls, anꩲd what they needed from me.

“It’s no secret that it hasn’t be꧑en൩ our strength in the past 18 months, these challenging races.

“That’s why I was so keen today to bring it home. We did a 🦄great job.”

New Mercedes te✅ammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli finished fourth in his debut F1 grand prix, which Russell cal🌜led “amazing”.

Russell is stepping into a new senior role with Mercedes this season, afte🅠r seven-time champion Hamilton was replaced by rookie Antonell♊i.

He impressed Mercede🔴s boss Toto Wolff with his firs🐻t drive of 2025.

“Very good,” Wolff rated Russell.

“There is so much talk about Kimi and he ♑merits that. But𝔍 George was so good.

“He ಌextracts from the car more than the car haꦅs, at times.

“He makes no mistakes. He is a true leader in the team, and we are lucky to hav🍌e him.”