Bojan Vrbnjak
It would be hard to find more loyal fans than they are Poles. Even when Robert Kubica, due to an arm injury, was unable to race in for many years Formulas 1, his fans hung his flags and posters in the grandstands of the royal motorsport racetracks. And today, when Robert reappears in Formulas 1, his fans travel around the world with him. In the last race before the summer break, Hungarian GP, there were especially many, very many of them.
Enthusiasm for Robert Kubica but, unfortunately, it also has shady sides, which the young man must have realized on his own skin George Russell, a teammate of a Polish racer. 21-year-old protégé Mercedesa regularly beats a former team racer bmw-sauber in Renault, which obviously arouses the belief among Polish fans that Kubica is at Williams in a subordinate position.
George Russell, last year's champion Formula 2, is in an interview with colleagues from Motorsport regretted their actions: "I admit it hurts when I see that half of the comments on my posts on all social networks are hostile and from Polish fans. The other half supports me and strengthens my back. What matters to me is what people at Williams and Mercedes think of me."
young British continues: “But it would be nice if I could receive a little more respect from the outside. I did nothing to deserve such embarrassing comments. And outside of Poland, I have not seen such violent reactions. I can only hope that one day I will also have fans who will passionately stand by my side."
And now the strangest situation at Williams. Although it is George Russell his colleague Robert Kubica won all previous qualifications (12: 0) and finished only one race behind the Pole (11: 1), but is on the table of racers behind Kubica. Because it is Robert on the race v Hockenheim in view of the disqualification of both race cars of the team Alfa Romeo unexpectedly took tenth place and scored one point.
George Russell looking at the positive side of the season in which Williams there is no competition. “The first season was useful from different angles. Some racing weekends did a good job, others a little less so. But even if it didn’t go well, I was able to learn a lot. If someone asked me what I would change if I could drive the first part of the season again, I would say: Nothing. Because in life you need experiences from difficult situations to develop on the basis of them."
