The British George Russell He did something that very few pilots would dare to do: go to the stands of a venue and observe a little of the party that takes place in the Formula 1.
The above was done during the Practice 1 of the Mexican Grand Prix 2025which is carried out in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez in CDMX. However, his presence in the stands apparently went unnoticed by motorsports fans.
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How did Russell manage to be in the stands at the Autodromo and go unnoticed?
On Friday, October 24, the first practices of the Mexican GP; However, in the first of them, the Mercedes driver He gave his place to the young Frederik Vesti.
This was taken advantage of by himself Russell to take some time and enjoy the party that was taking place in the stands of the CDMX venue.
“I haven’t seen F1 cars on the track in yearsso I found a way to sneak into the stands while Fred was driving my car,” said the British driver on his social networks.
Later, he posted a video in which he can be seen walking towards the stands, but before that, they gave him a wrestler mask with the colors of the Mexican flag. Then it is observed howThe Mercedes driver puts on the mask and sunglassesto go to a part of the stands.
Already in the place and although he could be seen a little nervous so that no one would recognize him, as the minutes passed, Russell “relaxed” and even took videos of practice 1. Likewise, he even had the luxury of saying “that’s my car”, when Frederick Vesti He was passing through the area where the British man was.
Moments later, it is seen how leaves the stands area and mentions some fans who had a shirt with his name: “He is a good pilot”. Phrase that left the spectators thinking and especially when observing the masked man.
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George Russell enjoyed it
Finally, on his way to his team’s pits, the Briton revealed that he really enjoyed being in the stands and that he had not seen cars off a track in years.
“I really enjoyed it a lot. It had been many years since I had seen the cars on the track, It was so much fun, seeing what everyone else sees.n,” he declared.
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