Lammers believes Russell display in Sakhir showed how important the car is in F1
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The Formula 1 season of 2020 has only just ended but it was a season which truly gripped the world of motorsport with so many fascinating narratives. Jan Lammers and Christijan Albers have been picking out their favourite moments of the season and the former admitted he thinks Russell's display in the Mercedes shows how significant the car is in a drivers' performance.
The pair picked out their favourite moments of the season, and they both had very different picks. Albers couldn't choose a single moment and picked the season as a whole whilst Lammers picked Russell's performance in the Sakhir Grand Prix, but not for the obvious reasons.
Highlights Formula 1 season 2020
“First of all, it's nice that despite everything, we just saw seventeen more races. I also thought it was a beautiful year, with many surprises. The wins of Gasly and Pérez, but also Hamilton's win at Silverstone with a flat tire. fact that Max won in Abu Dhabi was the icing on the cake. Although I have to be honest with you that I don't think Mercedes went full steam ahead at that time," he said in their column in Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
Lammers does have a clear preference. "I'm going for George Russell. And especially because he gave the answer to pretty much the most frequently asked question: 'Is that Mercedes really that good? Many people also wonder if Max Verstappen would easily win in that car. Well, Russell gave the answer during his one-time outing for Mercedes in Bahrain.
"Although he had a lot of bad luck in the end that race, he showed how important material is. For a real image you would have to put Max in that Mercedes and at the same time Lewis Hamilton in the Red Bull. Is anyone still doubting who will win?"