How George Russell's 'career best stint' broke Williams' points duck

Hungarian Grand Prix

How Russell's 'career best stint' broke Williams' points duck

Russell scored his first points for Williams in Hungary

Sam Hall

Wednesday 4 August 2021 11:43

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George Russell has explained how the "best stint of my whole career" enabled him to record his first points finish with Williams.

Russell took advantage of the lap one chaos to climb to 8th after starting the race 17th.

On the restart, Russell led the field out of the pitlane but as he had gained positions illegally, his team instructed him to fall back to his original position.

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Although Russell fought off the advances of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen for the majority of the 70 laps, it was his second stint on hard tyres the Briton labelled as his 'career best'.

"It was an incredible stint on our side of the garage the second stint," said Russell. "It was probably the best stint of my whole career.

“Keeping Daniel Ricciardo behind, keeping Max behind, closing the gap by 20 seconds to the cars ahead…it was exceptional.

“I fought with everything I have, as I do every single race but finally came home with something.”