Russell pinpoints Red Bull's biggest strength ahead of British Grand Prix

George Russell has acknowledged the threat of Red Bull going into the British Grand Prix, after he narrowly beat Max Verstappen to victory in Austria.The Mercedes driver beat Verstappen by just 1.6 seconds last week, and the Dutchman could have mounted a tougher challenge if Red Bull brought Verstappen in straight away after Russell's second stop.

Verstappen had closed the gap to Russell during the second stint but then had to fight back again after coming out of the pits 11 seconds behind the eventual race winner.Silverstone's high-speed nature should suit the Red Bull once again, and Russell was quizzed on Thursday whether he predicts they will be the toughest challengers for Mercedes on Sunday.Speaking to GPblog among other media outlets, Russell said: I think Ferrari had a tough race as they had some issues with issues with the PU (power unit) overheating in Austria, so I don't think they showed their full potential.

You know, Red Bull have notoriously been fast in high-speed corners and that was the case again in Austria. I think it's, you know, three, four, five drivers are all in the fight week in, week out now."Of course we're still at the forefront of that group, but we're seeing you know, Lando could have potentially won the race in Miami, Lewis obviously won the race in Barcelona and Max was right behind me last week in Austria.

So there's a fight on our hands."Verstappen defends Russell's pole lap from AustriaVerstappen once again questioned why there was only a single yellow flag initially after his crash during Austria GP qualifying that allowed Russell to lift off the throttle but still complete his lap which was good enough for pole position. Verstappen though defended Russell admitting he would have tried to do the same thing.

The Dutchman crashed at Turn 9 and it was assumed that Charles Leclerc would qualify on pole in a Ferrari 1-2 from Lewis Hamilton. That was until Russell put his car on pole and it was revealed that he had lifted off the thrott