Why Russell's F1 future is uncertain - despite his strong start to 2025

The Race F1 Podcast

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4.6 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Why is George Russell’s Formula 1 future uncertain at a point where he’s performing better than ever for Mercedes? That’s a question we tackle in the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast. Glenn Freeman and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to discuss Russell’s performances and the factors that mean a new deal with Mercedes isn’t yet a foregone conclusion. We look at the situation with Max Verstappen’s potential availability and the chances of Russell being displaced, and why Mercedes would consider making such a change. And we also ask what Russell’s fallback plans might be and if there’s anything he can do to persuade Mercedes to put pen to paper. We also look ahead to the Miami Grand Prix and McLaren’s chances of a fifth victory in six races, as well as answering listener questions related to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. In the final part of the podcast, we tackle questions from The Race Members’ Club on multiple topics, including the problems of the regulations, Isack Hadjar and Carlos Sainz. If you'd like to ask a question on the show, join The Race Members' Club on Patreon today - we even have an F1-only tier! Head to ⁠Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠X ⁠and ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Check out our latest videos on ⁠⁠YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic
0:02.0	The Race is on.
0:03.0	And with speculation ongoing about Max Verstappen's future, there's also intrigue surrounding
0:17.7	one of the other star performers of 2025, George Russell.
0:21.5	So how strong has his start to the year been? And why isn't a new Mercedes deal a foregone
0:26.1	conclusion? I'm Ed Sturor and joined me to answer those questions and many more are Ben Anderson
0:31.0	and Glenn Freeman. Well, Glenn, we'll come to you first, revelling in the fact this is the first
0:36.6	F1 podcast we've recorded in the new studio.
0:39.6	Yeah, in the race's own podcast studio. It's not quite finished yet. I'd say we're maybe at version 0.8 or 0.9 now, but I believe in live testing.
0:52.3	So as soon as really the microphones were up and some chairs existed,
0:56.9	I've been saying to people, right, let's start doing some podcasts in there
0:59.5	and basically see if we can break everything.
1:02.2	Well, Ben Anderson, you've been the test driver of this as well.
1:05.7	You are the only person who some of the studio has fallen on the head off.
1:09.1	That's true, yeah.
1:09.8	That's something.
1:10.7	Have you, any ill effects from that?
1:13.2	Will we expect even more nonsense?
1:14.6	Well, concussion symptoms can come on much later than advertise.
1:18.8	So we just have to see how I fare as this podcast progresses.
1:22.9	That's definitely something we will improve in future,
1:25.1	even if it means we all have to wear crash helmets or
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