Russell on new Mercedes power: “Really cool”
Feb 2, 2026 10:27 p.m. | 1:33m
On Monday, Mercedes presented its new car for the 2026 Formula 1 season. The regular drivers and team boss Toto Wolff were already enthusiastic.
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Think you need to go open mind, because we have in driving a lot on the simulator, but until you drive the car properly a different circuits understanding what the challenges are understanding the new power unit with the overtake mode the boost button and when you use that boost button down the straight and you got the full 350 kilowatts from the engine of the thing Flies that’s really really callactive aerodynamics that it does it know it looks like the look of the cars a bit smolar conductor fillmore nimble through the corners for us it’s more enjoyable to drive and hopefully is going to produce a better racing for ever one to enjoy your home.
Really looking forward to this season I’ve experienced a lot last year and more prepared the head of the 2006.
Let’s see how it goes and let’s see you were here. We have a car that has the potential to fight for the championship, but you know I’m the class of glass. The person don’t see any of that stage, I’m very skeptical an power unit is legal the power unit response to the regulations are right on the power unit. Corresponding to the jews are being done the power unit correspondence of these things are measured in any other vehicle and everything else account judge upon.
