George Russell says Williams' small buffer in the Constructors' championship has lifted the pressure he previously felt during the opening laps of a race and enabled him to push himself more. The British outfit's 2021 points tally in the championship was desperately blank until last summer's Hungarian Grand Prix where Nicholas Latifi and Russell delivered a massive ten-point haul in the eventful race, a feat repeated – somewhat luckily – at Spa where points were allocated on the basis of drivers' performance in qualifying. Russell added two more top-ten finishes at Monza and at Sochi, which consolidated Williams' P8 position in the standings, 16 points clear of Alfa Romeo. While small,...
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