Is Canada a must-win for George Russell?
5/21/202634 min
It’s the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend! So we’re answering all your questions…
Is this a must-win for George Russell after the early success of his teenage teammate Kimi Antonelli? Will Mercedes’ big upgrades push them further in front? And will any drivers crash into Canada's famous ‘Wall of Champions’?
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First 90 secondsDavid Coulthard· Host0:01
[upbeat music] This is a Global Player original podcast. God, that would be the worst nightmare for George should he come wheel-to-wheel with Kimi.
Naomi Schiff· Host0:10
Everyone's expecting him to be the top dog, right?
Will Buxton· Host0:12
Hope we get a good fight between them.
Naomi Schiff· Host0:13
He's sort of, like, losing psychological strength.
Will Buxton· Host0:16
It does feel like a make or break weekend.
David Coulthard· Host0:18
I think we're gonna learn a lot in Montreal.
Will Buxton· Host0:20
You're on thin [beep] ice, my pedigree chums.
Speaker 30:24
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Will Buxton· Host0:32
It's Will.
Naomi Schiff· Host0:36
It's Naomi.
David Coulthard· Host0:37
It's David.
Will Buxton· Host0:38
Welcome to Up To Speed.
Naomi Schiff· Host0:39
And it's race week. How exciting. Uh, it feels so strange. The season's been kind of like a slow to get started, but we've got another race ahead of us, and it's another sprint weekend, which I completely forgot about, but it's the first-ever sprint weekend in Canada.
David Coulthard· Host0:53
Does feel strange to have a sprint in Canada because it, Canada somehow feels more perilous than, than other tracks. It'd be like having a sprint in Monaco, in a way. So I'm curious to see whether there ends up being a bit of, you know, accident damage.
Will Buxton· Host1:10
Yeah, totally agree with you there, man. It's, um, Canada's such a strange little circuit, isn't it? Because we call it a road circuit, but it's really a street circuit in, in, in its feel in a lot of the areas 'cause the, 'cause the walls are so close, and it's so tight and twisty in other parts, but then you have those huge long blasts and the