British Formula One driver George Russell placed P7 in a warm 2024 Italian Grand Prix. He’d previously placed P5 in Monza in 2023, and P3 in 2022.

Watching on in FP1

Sitting out FP1, George enabled newly announced Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One® Team team-mate for 2025 Kimi Antonelli to take the reins of his Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance.  

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Limited running in FP2

After waiting for repairs to be made to his Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance, George missed the first part of FP2. Thanks to the mammoth effort by the team, he was able to get out on track.

A Red Flag briefly interrupted the session shortly after George joined the track. When FP2 got back underway George switched from the Medium to the Soft compound.

George and the team focused on a Qualifying run towards the end of the session and he was able to set a lap time of 1:21.086 which put him in P6.

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Good pace in FP3

After his limited running on Friday, FP3 was an important session ahead of Qualifying. George began on Medium tyres and, throughout the hour, was setting lap times that put him to the top of the times.

FP3 gave George the opportunity to do some longer runs on the Medium compound as well as more practice on the Softs.

He finished the weekend’s final Free Practice in P2 with a time of 1:20.210.

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Second row start

With warm temperatures continuing into Qualifying, George ran on the Soft tyres throughout the session.

After his first run of Q1, George was P4, with the track continuing to improve. He came back out onto the track and set the fifth fastest time, safely making it through to Q2.

Following the first runs of Q2, George was P5. He progressed into Q3 in P6.

George had two sets of new Softs available for Q3 and he initially posted the third fastest time.

Improving his time on his final lap, George crossed the line to qualify P3, just 0.113s shy of pole.

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Six points scored at the Temple of Speed

The weather conditions had cooled slightly when Sunday’s Grand Prix began.

George started from the second row of the grid on Medium tyres. A frantic opening lap saw George pick up front-wing damage and drop to P7 after taking the escape road at Turn 1.

At the end of Lap 11, George pitted for a front-wing change and swapped onto the Hard tyres. He rejoined in P16.

With the goal to make up places through the field, George progressed to P14 by Lap 15. Due to drivers around him beginning to pit, he was running in P9 by Lap 21.

On Lap 31, George made an attempt to overtake Sergio Perez into Turn 1 for P7 but had to back out to avoid contact.

After deciding to do a two-stop strategy due to graining, George was called into the pits again on Lap 34. He rejoined in P11.

At the start of Lap 39, George found himself battling against Perez once more. This time, he was able to make a move past at the first chicane for P8.

George gained a further position to P7 and was trying to close in on Max Verstappen ahead.

However, George ran out of laps and finished the race in seventh, claiming six points.

The 2024 F1 season will resume on 13–15 September for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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George Russell, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One™ Team driver:

It was a frustrating day today. Ultimately, we didn’t have the pace to fight for the podium, but my race came undone at the first corner. It is disappointing when that happens after all the efforts the team put in over the weekend. I made a good start but got caught in the dirty air behind Piastri. I locked up to avoid him and picked up some front-wing damage. That compromised my opening stint, and we lost time in the pit stop having to change the wing itself.

Our pace hasn’t been as strong as it was prior to the summer break, either here or in Zandvoort. As a team, we will go away, put the effort in, and find out why that is. Other teams seem to have taken a step forward so we will need to work diligently to get back onto terms with them.

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