Relief for Russell as he returns to winning ways

Relief for Russell as he returns to winning waysImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, George Russell has seven career victories in Formula 1 following his win in Austria ByAndrew BensonF1 CorrespondentPublished7 minutes agoCommentsFinally, George Russell has another victory to his name in 2026, and the relief in him was almost palpable.The Mercedes driver's victory in the Austrian Grand Prix was his first since he won the opening race of the season in Australia, nearly four months ago.In that time, he has seen team-mate Kimi Antonelli emerge as Formula 1's new superstar and win five races in a row to take control of the championship. Even Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari had won a race, and overtaken him in the points table, before Russell got back on the scoreboard."It feels like a long time ago, to be honest," Russell said. "It's been a tough couple of months with some really tricky races, with races that felt like everything was going against me, then some races with some tough performances."Obviously, I've got a really incredible team-mate next to me, who week in, week out is delivering some pretty spectacular performances."So, for me, going into Canada, going into Barcelona from quite a low point, I needed a lot of resilience to be able to get back and deliver some strong performances. So, to get the last two poles, to get the win here this weekend, especially on a track which I don't think is so suited to me, I'm really, really proud."Russell holds nerve to seal victory in Austria Published4 hours agoRussell impresses and Verstappen bounces back - driver ratingsPublished57 minutes ago'The tough races test you psychologically'Russell has been through the mill this season. Some bad luck in China and Japan after Australia helped pave the way for Antonelli to develop his winning momentum. Then Russell was off the pace in Miami as Antonelli fought McLaren's Lando Norris for another win.Russell...