Interviewer: "First one we've got is Lewis Hamilton." Seb: "Goat." [laughs] Interviewer: "Max Verstappen?" Seb: "Skill." Interviewer: "George Russell." Seb: "Style." Interviewer: "Charles Leclerc?" Seb: "Talent." Interviewer: "Lando Norris?" Seb: "Fun." Interviewer: "Fernando Alonso?" Seb: "Hunger." Interviewer: "Michael Schumacher." Seb: "Hero." Interviewer: "Ayrton Senna?" Seb: "Legend." Interviewer: "Jenson Button?" Seb: "Humor." Interviewer: "Kimi Räikkönen?" Seb: "Squash." Interviewer: "And the last one is-" Seb: "Or badminton. [laughs] Sorry. Yeah." Interviewer: "And the last one is Sebastian Vettel." Seb: "Me." [laughs] Interviewer: [laughs] "And we've got a couple of quick-fire questions for you, as well. Who is the best driver you raced against, and why?" Seb: "Mm… I would say Michael and Lewis. Why? Because numbers speak for themselves, but Michael was my hero and Lewis is the best in terms of statistics." Interviewer: "And who is your toughest competitor?" Seb: "Fernando. I think I had close championships and close calls with him, and throughout my career generally he's the sort of driver who's always there, very competitive, and yeah, I think he was the hardest competitor I faced." Interviewer: "And which driver surprised you the most?" Seb: "Mm… Hard to remember all of them. [laughs] But yeah, I think Max, just the sheer skill when he rocked up and how he was able to polish it and driving at the level that he is today." Interviewer: "And the last one is… This is a tough one. Who will be the next F1 champion that is not named Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton?" Seb: "Mm… George Russell."

lewis hamilton arriving for the grid photo before the race, bahrain - march 2, 2024

george russell during the drivers parade, saudi arabia - march 9, 2024

scenes from interlagos

george russell is interviewed after sprint qualifying, brazil - november 4, 2023 (transcription under the cut)

Interviewer: "George, great result today; little bit of a pickup from yesterday." George: "Yup." Interviewer: "Did you feel like you guys made some gains, or was it conditions that really helepd you out?" George: [laughs] "We'd like to stand here and say we made some gains, but the truth is conditions play a huge role. Sometimes it goes into your window, sometimes it goes away, and it just worked in Q3. The lap was good, it was clean. P4, I think that's about where we kind of expected we'd be. So yesterday was a bit of a shame for lewis and I, being five and six, and then obviously I got a penalty, so excited for this afternoon. I trust our race pace is gonna be better than our quali pace. I'm sure Max is gonna be probably still the quickest. Ferraris are behind us, which is good news, and then eyes forward on Lando." Interviewer: "Alright, great. Best of luck." George: "Thank you."

anyway no one is online anyway so can I cry about how max basically only went on dts to talk abt his championship and to praise mick??? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT

Usamericans in the geography discourse like “but Europeans don’t know the states though!” hmmmm

this musical took over my brain grraaarghghghh

FUCK DISCOVERY HERE'S THE 4 SEASONS OF INFINITY TRAIN

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lewis hamilton during the drivers parade, bahrain - march 2, 2024

george russell, p3, in parc ferme after qualifying, bahrain - march 1, 2024

small victores ig, he and his illegal car won't be leading for like a lap or two

george russell, p3, during the post-qualifying press conference, bahrain - march 1, 2024 (transcript under the cut)

Interviewer: "Well done to you, as well. How confident were you, coming into the session? Is this third place a little bit uenxpected?" George: "Yeah, I think after testing last week we wouldn't have expected to be qualifying third, and then yesterday, driving, we made all the setup changes over the course of the weekend. And, as I've mentioned before, Lewis and I were back at the factory, and the team have been doing a really great job to find these small improvements. And we were really fastest in FP2. Lewis and I were P1 and P2, which caught us by surprise, but as we saw, it was so close out there. If you take Max out of the equeation, I think it was two-tenths between P2 and P8 or something, and I don't think we've seen F1 like this for a long, long time, so we only dream and wish we was fighting for pole position and victory, and I think we're gonna have a great battle on our hands for the next spot." Interviewer: "Are these unseasonably cold conditions helping Mercedes?" George: "No, I'd probably say the opposite, to be honest. We historically have always struggled when the temperatures have been a little bit cooler, and that was always the case last year. But we know that with this W15 car, it's a totally different beast of car that we're much happier with, and proably the lessons we've learned over the last two years we need to put aside and go in with a totally open mind. So time will tell when we go to the future races, but I'm feeling really happy in the car. I think the race is gonna be really close with Charles, the Ferraris, with Checo tomorrow, and we can see what we can do about Max, but right now he's doing an incredible job." Interviewer: "How is the long run pace? Do you feel you're gonna be really close with Charles, and do you think Max is out of reach?" George: "I think what we saw in testing was our qualifying pace being a iltlte bit offset and our race pace probably being next best to Max. Now we've improved the qualifying pace, we hope it hasn't hindered our race pace. It's uncharacteristically cold here in Bahrain at the moment. I think tomorrow's gonna be about sixteen degrees, by the time we go to the race, and we're normally talking mid-30s here in Bahrain, so there's a lot of unexpected things to come. The soft tire's performing well around this circuit. In the race maybe people will do two sets of the soft, two sets of the hard or medium. But it's the first race of the season and I think we're all just excited to get going." [time jump] George: "Yeah, as Charles said, I think when you've got that competitive car you can afford to be a little bit more cautious in Q1 and Q2, make sure you don't get any track limits, you're preserving your tires for the following day. Here in Bahrain you'll probably see a lot of soft tires being used in the race, so you don't want to damage them too much, and then just pull it together for Q3." [time jump]

George: "Yeah, agree with Charles. I think it was better than expected. I think we all knew it was gonna be very, very close between ourselves, Ferrari, Aston, McLaren, and Checo, and I think the gap in qualifying today was probably slightly closer to Max than we all expected. I think race pace is the important one. We're expecting proably a half-second deficit. That's what we thought after testing. We'll see tomorrow. [laughs] You don't agree?" Verstappen: "Half a second?" George: "Is that too small?" Verstappen: "No, no. [laughs] I think it's way too big. But if you say that now, then if it's better tomorrow, now you cans ay, 'Unbelievable. The car was unbelievable in the race.'" George: "Yeah, exactly. Under-promise, over-deliver." [time jump] Journalist: "Ronald Vording, Motorsport.com. Question to all three again: As George pointed out, it was really close, especially behind Max. I think maybe in Q1 the entire grid was almost within a second. At least over one lap, is this a sign of things to come in 2024? And the second part of the question: Do you think it shows that leaving the regulations stable for quite a long time is actually the best way to close up the field?" George: "I think history's definitely shown that leaving the regulations stable for a number of years always closes the field. I think the aero regs, that the team who finishes last gets more time in the wind tunnel, the team who's first gets the least amount, is naturally going to close the field, so from the driver's perspective, we want to all compete on a level playing field and I think that is going to bring us closer." [time jump] George: "Yeah, similar to what the guys said, and just on Bahrain, I think it's a really great place to start the season. It's always a great place here; exciting. It's a beautiful part of the world and we all enjoy coming here to do the testing to start the season, so excited for what's to come tomorrow."

cursed question, but max and his significant other as a ANWB stelletje.... matching jackets..... matching bikes.... you know what, I can see him making a case for it.

stfu no he WOULD!! going on cycling holidays stopping on those side of the road cafe's drinking black coffee and apple pie

TEEN WOLF CAST + BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY

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