Last year, George Russell put his Mercedes on pole for the British Grand Prix by driving a surgically precise 1m25.819s around Silverstone. Like all of Russell’s career pole laps to date, there was an element of underdog victory to it, a triumph of talent and performance under pressure against the odds. The odds being, of course, quicker McLaren, Red Bull, and Ferrari packages, depending on the season.
Let it be noted, however, that Russell elected to drive his pole lap around Silverstone by going the correct way around the track. We’ve gone back and checked – they all did.
