George Russell was frustrated with McLaren in Qatar (Image: Sky Sports F1)
took aim at after qualifying his machine on the front row of the grid for the , expressing his desire for a ‘proper race’ rather than ‘this team orders stuff’.
The Brit was left frustrated in the sprint race earlier on Saturday after repeatedly dropped back to give team-mate Oscar Piastri DRS, thus allowing him to keep Russell behind in the fight for P2.
This procession frustrated Russell, and the Brit felt that he had the pace to win in different circumstances. He went on to state that what orchestrated would not excite him from a fan’s perspective.
Russell doubled down on these comments after outqualifying the two drivers. “[I’m] just excited. Hopefully, we can have a proper race rather than this team orders stuff. It’s going to be a good race. I think we’ll all be going for it.
“It’s actually great that Max is in the mix as well. I was really surprised by their turnaround because they looked really off the pace yesterday, off the pace this morning, and obviously they were both in Q3 and Max in pole, so I think we’ve got a good race on our hands.”
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