Russell suggests current F1 regulations should stay 'indefinitely'

Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing are leading the world championship, but it's been much harder for them to consistently win races in 2024. Red Bull could cruise to victories last year, but now, the competition is much closer.

"They have won seven of the first 10 races. It doesn't look too difficult," says Russell initially when GPblog asked him about the difficult phase for Red Bull Racing. Hamilton responds a little more elaborately.

What Russell and Hamilton think of Red Bull

"Am I surprised? I wouldn’t say so. It's just the way the sport goes, and I think we're nearing the end of this generation of cars. It’s often what happens. It tails off in performance. Finding gains is harder. They've been leading for all these years and also, they have less development time so it's only natural that the rest of people
will eventually slowly catch up but they're still doing amazing," said Hamilton.

Russell returned to his initial answer not much later, offering some more clarification: "It's a great thing that there isn't just one dominant force out there, because people want to see the fights happening on track and the drivers going at it against one another. If the regulations are built correctly, the team should be able to catch up and there should be more than one car fighting for wins."

"I think there could be a really good fight on our hands, probably between four or even five teams for race wins then you get a 26 and it's going to be a big shake-up against. Like Lewis said, history is showing that towards the end of regulations, it's probably when you have your best racing so maybe just keep the regulations there indefinitely." Concluded Russell, who will be hoping Mercedes can join the fight for race victories this season.