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Giles Richards reported on Friday that George Russell is not fooled by his closing the gap at the top, as it has been based on Kimi Antonelli’s problems rather than him finding things easier:
“I know exactly what I need to do,” he said. “But going out and then achieving it when I’ve driven for 20 years in a certain way – and even more so, it’s been working for 20 years … Now suddenly it’s working 50% of the time but 50% of the other time it’s not working. Trying to recognise, is it going to work this weekend my normal way? Or do I need to adapt my approach?
“When I’ve performed at my very best I’ve just been performing subconsciously, not even been thinking about driving and now you’re having to think, trying to make these new techniques become subconscious techniques. That is the challenge.”
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