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"every dream needs a team" but the team wasn't even there to celebrate george on the podium for his 100th race for them like they celebrated the other driver when george dnf-ed and got unfair penalty. oh my bad, it's because gr only got p2 😔 they care about wcc-contributing points from p1 😔 they're going to take my driver out next race 😔💔

ANYWAYS WE MOVE i hope george talks everyone's ears off about effective communication because his garage clearly has a problem with that

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when kimi complains about traffic on the radio he’s “speaking like a champion” or when charles crashes into the wall it’s “not his fault”, when it is “we must stick with him”. after all, kimi is young! he’s practically senna already, give him some slack he’s just a baby! poor charles, he deserves all our sympathy for going through these challenging times. he will win wdc one day, i swear! he has potential.

when george complains, he’s “being dramatic” and “deserves it”. when he crashes he’s a “shit driver” and it’s made fun of endlessly. nevermind the fact that it’s the williams crash from FIVE YEARS AGO, or the fact that he didn’t dnf at all last year or that his dnf in montreal wasn’t his fault. because he still threw that headset and it’s an overreaction and if it was any driver but george russell it would’ve be fine, but it is him so instead we call it “karma” and being “washed”.

massive-alboner

Y’all are not mad enough about the assassination of George Russell that happened yesterday you must listen to his full radio. It is *worse* than it seemed on the broadcast. He begged them to properly serve the penalty (and this is after they essentially blamed him for them messing it up)

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HEAR HEAR

oscarjackpiastri81

I hope George has some sort of sports psychologist 🥺

maxxverstappen

i hope george has some sort of gun

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mchonda

it always makes me laugh when the drivers are like “fia doesn’t listen to us anyway” as if they have ever once backed george up on anything he’s tried to do for them. whenever he’s tried to look out for their safety and comfort all he’s gotten is laughs and vaguely misogynistic/homophobic comments. like idk maybe if yall had taken him seriously ages ago you might have a little more weight when you bring up issues

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not kimi doing his 🤙🏻 pose after seeing george T pose 😭😭

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I have... the one and only... 24 carat gold Labewbew... (loosely inspired by this post)

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Seb bets on George for the title | source

SEB: George Russell and Mercedes. (...) I would bet on George because I trust him, that he is very clever, because I know that he works very hard on himself and I think he's so clever that he also understands what he can contribute, specifically as a driver to make a difference.

wrenwracing

Ok but imagine being George Russell going from winning 2 junior series in a row and then you finally get to F1 and you are in the most garbage car ever created and get literally ZERO POINTS your first year hello??? How do you even handle that psychologically??? And then you finally get that damn Mercedes seat and they’re in their FLOP ERA and the car is trying to kill you??? Girl give him is WDC now idgaf!!!

cuntcedes

what, to you, is the number one thing that people don't get about george?

that's a great question and tbh a very complicated one. disclaimer: i obviously don't think i could really know the quote unquote real george russell because i haven't met him. but let's leave that aside for a second bc this is tumblr and it's my blog and i can do what i want

so um idk if it's the most important thing but the one that annoys me the most is that everyone seems to think george is a fucking loser. lol.

let me elaborate on that - he's been through some tough shit to get to where he is (as has anyone in formula 1 that isn't super rich tbh) and he definitely has the blorbo appeal of someone you can put in constant suffering because he's pretty when he cries. but the way this fandom talks about him as this pathetic guy with no agency who "never" gets what he wants and is doomed to always play second fiddle to x and y and z is soooo... nauseating. sure, it's great fodder for fanfiction, but that isn't the real george russell.

the real george russell likes to win more than anything and has been working to make sure that keeps happening his entire life. the real george russell became a back to back world champion in f3 and f2. mind you - he was out there having lewis fucking hamilton under his podium celebrating his championship. he's the type of guy who had the attention - and most importantly the money - of mercedes and toto wolff to bankroll his junior career. he was the very first driver mercedes signed to their junior program!!! the program didn't even fucking exist before him!!! like hello?? can anybody hear me???

sure - his williams years were tough. i don't blame ppl for latching on to that because those were some pretty traumatic and disappointing years for someone who up til that moment was used to annihilating the competition. but george is the same boy who one day decided "i want to be a formula 1 driver" and guess what? he got it. his father told him if he wanted to keep racing he would have to find a way to fund his career and guess what? he got it. then he got to f1 in a shit team and he said "i want to drive for mercedes" and guess what? he got it. everything this man has wanted has become his.

you can call it the power of manifestation or whatever but i see a man who isn't afraid to go after what he wants and works day in and day out to get it. the enormity of his desire disgusts me but i also love him for that. i want him to keep winning because he is like a dog chasing after a car and he will never stop until he actually reaches it. everything george russell has ever let go of is covered in claw marks.

also i think george is a hypercompetitive guy who has had to develop a really specific mindset to be able to cope in a sport where 99% of what happens isn't really up to the athlete. some things are outside his control and there's circumstances no one can really prepare for - and if you look at george's setbacks in his formula 1 career they have mostly been caused by that. when things are left up to him, he makes sure to grab the opportunity by the throat and he doesn't let go.

so to me this whole image that's been springing up about how george is losing out, about how toto doesn't actually even like him, about how he is never someone's first choice and how every other driver is getting his seat - that to me is pretty laughable and couldn't be further from the truth. the little boy in karting that used to terrorize the other kids and lap them as revenge... the boy who had to act like a man and suit up to convince toto wolff to back him - and toto DID. because he reminded him of himself and because he could clearly see how fucking hungry that boy was and what a good driver he would become.

this man is a ragebaiter with a bit of a mean streak who is not afraid of anything and loves to meet the bull's horns head on. he is so deeply analytical and has grown the skills necessary to not just drive the fucking car but actually try to *understand* it. he cut his teeth as a driver up against a seven time world champion (and his childhood hero) as his teammate! "i'm here to fight! i'm here to win! i'm not just gonna wave him by because he's max verstappen in a red bull!!" he's got a big mouth because he knows he can back it up. he loves to win and he will do everything in his power to keep winning - and may god help whoever stands in his way.

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it BAFFLES me just how underrated george is. like, no matter what he does, he's always overshadowed by other drivers. it's so rare to see someone praise george's driving. it's always "max this" "charles that" like please 🙏

and people constantly yap about how bad other drivers have had it, but no one talks about how bad george has had it? like imagine winning the f2 title only to be placed in a car slower than your f2 car. a tractor that gets lapped twice in one race. a car quite literally incapable of scoring a single point. imagine spending 3 YEARS in a team that was broke as hell. imagine spending your rookie year having to deal with a bad team, a bad car, and teammate drama. george was able to deal with both the psychological and performance aspects of the sport, yet i don't see any praise for that.

sakhir 2020 still baffles me to this day. like wdym george qualified 2nd place, overtook valtteri (who has been in merc since 2017 atp) on the FIRST LAP, led the gp for like 64 laps, until mercedes- the dominating team at the time btw- gave him a slow stop and fitted BOTTAS's tires for him. genuinely HOW does this even happen. he fell down to 5th, yet still managed to get to second, and he was 2 seconds away from the race leader when he got a PUNCTURE. he ended up finishing ninth since mercedes suddenly forgot they won 7 constructors' titles at that point. this is peak bad luck. (and even with that horrible race result, george still proved what an amazing driver he is, yet he STILL didn't get called up to mercedes in 2021). also he got the fastest lap and broke the track record.

george only got called up to mercedes in 2022, the year the car became shit. the second george joins the team, they suddenly forget how to build a car. yet george still manages to outperform the seven time world champion. yet no one talks about this?? no it's all "osama bin russell" or "does nothing gets a podium". george was 4th in the drivers standings in 2022, while lewis was down in 6th. plus, george won a race in 2022, while lewis didn't. you see people saying "charles destroyed lewis in 2025" and while that's true, charles didn't manage a race win this year, did he? and ik the cars are different, but the difference in performance is clear.

in 2023, the merc car was even worse than 2022, and lewis did greatly outperform george but whatever, it happens. this was the first season when a teammate consistently outperforms george in his entire career.

im gonna skip 2024, but the car was still bad. 2025, the car was still unreliable and unable to compete for the wdc. the point is, throughout george's whole career, he's had an uncompetitive car and horrible luck and circumstances, like belgium 2024 for instance. yet after all that, people choose to gloss over this. for example, when people talk about charles it's all "ferrari's ruining his career" and whatever but like charles has never had it THAT bad.

and george is generally just underrated in general. he never gets praise for racecraft or overtaking or ANYTHING honestly, and it's just so unfair. in all the videos i've watched talking about the 2025 season, no one mentions how consistent or flawless george was this season, or how he had 0 DNFS, or scored points in 23/24 races. and why? what's the reason for that? why do i hear people glazing charles 24/7 despite his many mistakes this year? or lando, who's glazed for "not crashing". 💀 george was easily second best driver this year, and was probably even better than max at some point, but i don't see anyone talking about that. he's even underrated by toto, as we saw in the horrible contract talks. like what does he have to do to impress people? he's literally doing the best with what he has, so i just don't understand what more people want.