before we collectively move on to thinking about austin, i need a moment for russell radio
because when i listened to george's singapore radio, i immediately noticed that 1) george was a little bit quiet and 2) marcus was being very nice to him. which made sense because 1) george wasn't really under pressure so there wasn't much to talk about, and 2) he was driving really well
but then towards the end of the race (lap 57), george says "remember what we spoke about with aleix" and marcus immediately starts telling him he's doing a good job more ("you're doing a really good job here, george, just say focused" + "this is a really good job" + "i know it's hard, but you're doing a great job out there") and it made me think of qatar 2023 when he said he needed to ask marcus for encouragement to take his mind off how bad he was feeling, and singapore 2024 when he asked for encouragement on the radio when he was feeling unwell and it makes me feel very tender to think about george, aleix and marcus making a little plan for marcus to give george extra praise in case he was struggling
throwing up and crying



















