George Russell has insisted he's pleased after finishing second to Oscar Piastri at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
The Mercedes star was able to fend off competition from Lando Norris to clinch the spot as he continues to shine following the departure of Lewis Hamilton.
Russell has admitted that Mercedes struggled with their car during the race.
However, he's still pleased with what he was able to achieve, with the F1 star saying: "It was all under control for a moment and then suddenly we had a brake by wire failure so suddenly the pedal was going long and then it was going short so didn't know what was going on.
George Russell has insisted he's pleased after finishing second to Oscar Piastri at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday
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"The steering wheel wasn't working properly so it was really hard fought to keep Lando behind.
"I think one more lap he would have got me pretty comfortably but, nevertheless, really pleased with P2.
"Oscar was in a league of his own so congratulations to him and McLaren.
"For ourselves it's three podiums in four races all on different circuits, so it gives us confidence for the future."
On the DRS investigation, he added: "We were having all sorts of failures and basically we had to do an overdrive on the DRS and on one lap I clicked the radio button and the DRS opened.
"So I straight away closed it again, backed off, nothing gained. I lost more than I gained, it was only open for a split second.
"Kind of goes to show the amount of issues we were having."
Piastri, meanwhile, was delighted after winning the event as he closed the gap on team-mate Norris.
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"Great to have this result out here, it’s been an incredible weekend, to start off in qualifying yesterday and to finish off the job today in style was nice," said the Australian.
"I can’t thank the team enough for the car they’ve given us, it’s pretty handy out there, it’s been a great weekend and very proud of what I’ve done as well.
"I’m proud to of done it here in Bahrain as well.
"It’s obviously a very important race for us given our owners and it’s never been a track that has been kind to us so it’s nice to finally have that first win for the team here."
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On a safety car incident, he continued: "I would have preferred to not have had the safety car but I was still pretty confident, the pace was good and I was pretty confident I could get a good restart.
"I also knew that Lando [Norris] and I were the only ones with another medium [tyre] and that was the tyre to be on.
George Russell has opened up on Mercedes' car issues at the Bahrain Grand Prix
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"From that side of things it was relatively straightforward.
"Obviously, you try and get a good restart and you don’t know how it’s going to go but I was never going to let that one go."
