Russell backs Vesti for a Cadillac seat in 2027
George Russell said Mercedes reserve Frederik Vesti deserves a chance at Cadillac in 2027 and noted the Dane has done seven FP1 outings, including Mexico, where he finished third, 0.074s behind Kimi Antonelli. Vesti was F2 runner-up in 2023.
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George Russell saiu em defesa do reserva da Mercedes, Frederik Vesti, como candidato a uma vaga de corrida na Cadillac na F1 2027.
A equipe americana não confirmou Valtteri Bottas ao lado de Sergio Perez, que renovou na quarta-feira, e vários nomes estão em jogo. O piloto de testes da Cadillac, Colton Herta, é um deles, apesar de não ter superlicença e de fazer uma temporada decepcionante na F2; o então piloto da Haas, Esteban Ocon, é outro, embora se entenda que Ocon está destinado a um papel de reserva na Aston Martin.
Vesti, vice-campeão da F2 em 2023, conciliou as tarefas de Hypercar pela Cadillac com o trabalho na Mercedes, incluindo sete treinos de FP1 — o mais recente na sexta-feira no México, onde substituiu Russell e terminou em terceiro, 0.074s atrás de Kimi Antonelli e 0.733s de Charles Leclerc depois de uma volta rápida com pneus macios no fim.
“Ele fez um trabalho muito bom”, disse Russell. “Sei que ele está lutando bastante para ter uma chance na vaga da Cadillac, e acho que ele merece. Ele se esforçou muito trabalhando com a nossa equipe... na maioria das sessões de FP1 que fez, ficou com a parte mais pesada do trabalho e não teve voltas de performance de verdade. Eu disse à equipe: ‘quero garantir que ele tenha a oportunidade de mostrar o que sabe fazer, é o mínimo que podemos fazer’.”
Vesti ficou “muito feliz” depois. Herta teve uma tarde mais difícil: substituindo Bottas, ficou no fim da tabela de tempos, 3.237s atrás do melhor tempo e 0.970s atrás de Perez, 18º, embora a superlicença deva sair de um treino de FP1 no Brasil na próxima semana. “Toda vez que entro no carro, quero estar na Fórmula 1 — esse é o objetivo”, disse Herta, acrescentando que boa parte da conversa foge do seu controle.
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