George

Growing up my Grandmother watched pro wrestling on her black and white console television. One of the stars she loved to hate was George ‘Gorgeous George’ WAGNER. He was easy to hate. Always preening was his trademark out of the ring move. Throwing gold bobby-pins to the crowd drove granny to froth at the mouth. Going into the 2026 it looked to be George RUSSEL’s year. Over the last several phases of rule development and change Mercedes always seemed to come out with the best solution to the new set of variables. The boy from King’s Lynn, West Norfolk first win came in 2022 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Two wins followed in both 2024 and 2025. He was the odd’s on favorite for most journalists. See! He won the first race of the season in Melbourne. It was his year. Beside him in the garage was Andrea ‘Kimi’ ANTONELLI. Toto WOLFF saw in him future potential; with an emphasis on future. His rookie year hadn’t been that auspicious. He had a lot to learn from the five time grand prix winner. So it seemed. Nine wins, 3 second places and three third places later. Is it possible George might not finish in second or third place in the championship. The points are very close. Maybe he should return to Williams. Then he can blame the car for his lack of performance.