George Russell

“It's the high-pressure stakes of qualifying; you go out there, you've got one lap to do the business, the pressure is on and the world's watching. It just excites me and I thrive on that pressure to go out there and deliver.”

“Does listening to positive feedback make me faster? No. It probably boosts my ego slightly but it doesn't make me any faster. And equally listening to negative feedback doesn't make me faster either.”

“I do think we've sometimes focused too much on race set-up, which has cost us qualifying pace.”

“One bad result, one mishap on track or off track can change the course of your career, so I'm not getting carried away with myself.”

“All the support I've had from my family, my team, my girlfriend, my manager... I can't thank them enough.”

“I don't care if I have the greatest driver of all time in the garage next to me, or if I'm a one-man team. It doesn't change the way I approach my job.”

“People have been bullied by Max for years now, and you can't question his driving abilities. But he cannot deal with adversity. Whenever anything has gone against him - Jeddah '21, Brazil '21 - he lashes out.”

“For a world champion to come out and say he is going to go out of his way to crash into someone and put him on his head, that is not the example we should be setting.”

“I'm really enjoying being part of Mercedes, seeing how they operate as a team.”

“When you look good you feel good. I think I heard that from David Beckham.”

“I think there are a number of things that are being proposed to the sport that may come at the compromise of drivers, so you have to make sure that there's a balance.”

“Lewis stood up to him in 2021 and Lewis lost that championship unfairly. Could you imagine the roles being reversed? Max losing that championship in the manner of how Lewis lost that championship?”

“Marriott is such an iconic brand and so many similarities with Mercedes in terms of trying to be the best in the business on the luxury side of things.”

“I feel like I'm able to bounce back very quickly from a tough weekend or even a tough session.”

“Wearing three layers of clothing and helmet, gloves and boots, with a radio plug-in, with a drink bottle in your mouth - it's quite claustrophobic.”

“When you see a car flying through the air, and land in a position, which is essentially trapped, that's a pretty horrendous place to be in.”

“Ultimately somebody else's decision could have totally transformed my career for the worse. It's pretty scary to think about.”

“Mercedes' goal is to win, but we can't leave every single weekend disappointed if we don't win because everybody will get demoralized.”

“I always try to represent myself in the best light possible.”

“I sort of do like box breathing and works for me. It sort of relaxes my mind and takes a bit of pressure off.”