On the face of it, things look good for Williams as the Grove outfit heads to Melbourne, certainly compared to twelve months ago.

On the overall timesheets, George Russell is just 0.030s down on Sebastian on the C5s, while the team had the eighth best mileage, 2,131 compared to last year's 1,640.

However, at a time sections of the media are bigging up the Grove's outfit's chances, speculating that Q3 appearances and points could be in the offing, Russell has sought to play down the hype.

"I doubt we're in a better position," he said. "I think realistically we are still the slowest car, and we're not going to get carried away with ourselves, but we've definitely reduced the gap.

"That's sort of all we could have hoped for over the winter, and we'll go to Melbourne and see," he continued. "But don't expect to see us in a Q2, Q3 sort of thing. We've definitely improved, but expectations are all under control."

However, it wasn't all doom and gloom, the Briton confident that if the team's progress continues, it could benefit from the mistakes of others whereas last season it simply wasn't there.

"Last year when we outperformed our car, we were still qualifying 19th and finishing 19th," he said. "I hope this year when people slip up and we perform well, that's when we can take up the opportunities.

"We should be racing, but expectations are under control," he added. "Doing it in Barcelona winter testing is one thing, but going to Melbourne will be a completely different story."

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1. Posted by Wokingchap, 02/03/2020 12:53

"Good luck George and all the Williams team for all the season."

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2. Posted by Lakota, 01/03/2020 18:39

"Chester. Perhaps you can give her some Pointers !! She could use all the help she can get. "

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3. Posted by Chester, 01/03/2020 11:52

"I cannot wait for my date with Claire Williams in Austin at the US Grand Prix. She'll forget about any bad times when I treat her like the queen she is. "

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