George Russell says he is "proud" to have beaten Robert Kubica in qualifying at every single grand prix in 2019.
Abu Dhabi made it a 21-0 clean sweep of Saturday afternoon triumphs for rookie Russell, who almost had to sit out the weekend for Williams with a mysterious personal issue.
"It was never my goal," rookie Russell is quoted by Poland's Przeglad Sportowy when asked about the qualifying whitewash.
"We both realised quite early that we are only fighting each other, so I do have some satisfaction with this statistic. I'm proud of it," he added.
"It isn't as easy as some people think. Often in Q1 you get one lap at the end of the session, and one mistake can change everything."
Kubica, who returned to Formula 1 with a permanent arm injury this year, said of the 21-0 defeat to Russell: "There isn't much to say.
"It's hard to call it a fight when it is for last place, but if you want to call it a fight, I lost it. But if you look at the championship, I won it."
The Pole clarified that he wasn't being serious about saying he beat Russell for the world championship.
"It's a joke. Sarcastic answer," said Kubica. "What I'm saying is you can take from it what you want.
"I think it wasn't easy for either of us. George did a great job and I often had big problems - here was the only practice session in which I felt comfortable in one respect.
"In the end it doesn't really matter," he added. "When you have such a difficult year, it doesn't change much if you're 18th or 20th.
"What counts is your feeling and personal evaluation of what you did and what you could have done better, which is difficult to do now because overall the season was quite negative."
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Proud of that pile of points, Georgie? RUS is by far the weakest of the rookies and has a limited F1 future. IMO
ROR :- weaker overall performance than Antonio Giovinazzi, and to think you WERE improving your posts
Did that comment about Russel make you feel good about your self ROR? If your racing record in F1 is better than his then please tell us how good it was.
I see I got the Brit's defense mechanisms activated. Too bad guys, RUS racecraft sucks and he looks and talks like a member of a boy band. LOL
OK then, GIO is not a 2019 rookie, but I agree with your assessment. BTW, I LIVE for your approval. LOL
It's his first full season and either way his performance is well below GR (even you should you be able to see that) .
"I LiIVE for your approval" :- so you should your posts are average at best!
Why so defensive...season withdrawal? You were wrong about GIO being a rookie...admit it. I agreed with you re his performance. Stop whining and read the friggin' post. It says, "OK then, GIO is not a 2019 rookie, but I agree with your assessment." I will keep working on my posts so that I can gain your approval.
From the person who's mean and aggressive post:- "Proud of that pile of points, Georgie" started it all off.
Maybe not a 'true' rookie (2 races 2 years ago ) but it's GIO first full season and he has been poorest of all 'full first season' drivers.
Point taken....I see that sarcasm is not your cup of tea. No personal offense intended. Re GIO, we agree and why are you fighting about it? Enough.
How come Wolf rates him very highly and he is driving the Merc this week?
What do you expect Toto to say, "we're putting a dolt in our car"? He emphasized that this is NOT a test evaluation, and Ocon is contracted to Renault and so unavailable. HAM and BOT told MB to bugger off and went on holiday. You Brits need to jump off the Georgie Boy bus. He will disappoint you.
We are still awaiting your F1 racing history ROR! we cant wait for ever.
Another post removed? This forum protects certain posters. WHY or are they forum employees???.