At one point, he seemed to be the favorite for pole position. In the end, George Russell had to settle for third place in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian GP, a result that continues the good form he’s shown at the start of the 2025 season.
The Mercedes driver is indeed one of the bright spots of this early part of the championship, with results that have earned him a contract renewal. According to recent rumors, Toto Wolff no longer has any doubts about next year’s driver lineup.
After a year spent courting Max Verstappen, the team principal of the Silver Arrows seems increasingly convinced to strongly back the current driver pairing. Talks of a multi-year extension for Russell with a salary of about thirty million per year are reportedly underway.
George Russell expresses his disappointment on Saturday in Jeddah “Honestly, at the beginning of the session, I would have been happy to finish third. But looking at how close I came…” Russell said, showing a certain disappointment for missing pole. “You know you can always do a little more, even though it was a strange session with the red flag that forced us to do just one lap. For the race, we are definitely starting from a good position.”
“I maybe pushed too hard in the first sector, and that compromised the rest of the lap,” George Russell added. “As for the race, nobody tried the hard tire, and the medium didn’t seem to work too well on the long run. If Oscar manages to pass Max, then he’ll run away without any issues. Lando will start on the hard tires, and there could always be a Safety Car here, so let’s see.”-the British driver concluded at the end of the qualifying session for the Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which was held earlier today at the 6.174-kilometre Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
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