George Russell salvaged second in Bahrain despite late-race chaos, including a rogue DRS issue now under investigation by F1 officials.
Despite crossing the line in second place at the Bahrain Grand Prix, George Russell’s weekend was far from smooth. The Mercedes driver battled a series of technical setbacks, including a problematic DRS activation that has now placed him under investigation.
“It was going well for a while, but then things started to unravel,” Russell explained. “We had a brake-by-wire issue—the pedal kept changing, sometimes it was long, sometimes short. Then we had steering problems too. It was tough just keeping Lando [Norris] behind me.”
Russell still managed to hold on to P2, finishing behind a dominant Oscar Piastri, and he remains optimistic about the team’s early-season form.
“I’m happy with second. Oscar was in a league of his own—huge credit to him and McLaren. But three podiums in four races, all on different types of tracks—that’s a big confidence boost for us.”
The DRS glitch occurred when the system opened in a zone where it shouldn’t have. Russell admitted he accidentally triggered it during the chaos in the cockpit.
“We were dealing with so many things at once. At one point, I hit the radio button, and somehow the DRS opened. I shut it right away—if anything, I lost time. It was only open for a split second, but it just shows what kind of issues we were facing.”
As the FIA reviews the DRS incident, Mercedes will no doubt be digging into the root of the car’s gremlins. For Russell, it was a gritty drive to a hard-earned podium, even if the final laps were more about survival than strategy.
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Russell Under Investigation After Tough Race in Bahrain
Russell Under Investigation After Tough Race in Bahrain
