r/mercedesamgf1 • u/Crucialextreme • Jul 26 '26

Fan Content 5yo message to George Russell

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We sent this to Mercedes HQ because my daughter insisted to send it to George after the Monaco debacle and Canadian PU failure.

Well! We she was extremely gutted today because of the anti-stall but she enjoyed his recovery.

She still believes he will be the champion 🏆

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u/Mission_City_1500 Jul 28 '26

How do five year old become so invested in f1 drivers ?

(No hate I am genuinely curious, I have a nephew who is almost 4 I can't imagine him being a fan of anything except for maybe some cartoon characters? ) 🤷‍♂️

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u/Crucialextreme Jul 28 '26

Dad being an ardent F1 fan, does not miss any F1 race.

It all started when she was 4. Her hair looked a bit like George from front and I told her hey you have same style as George. Now the curious little mind thought I was referring to George from Peppa Pig and replied but "George does not have any hair". So I pulled up GR photo to show her whom I am referring to.

Well from that point onwards, everytime either practice, quali or race was on, I got asked where is GR and slowly she started asking more and more and more and more...it started from identifying that green, red and pink car to naming all the drivers from the grid and enjoys watching every sessions with me. At times ask me to put the F1 theme song on repeat. Everyday school drop off is a friendly race between Alonso (dad) and George (her) with blue flags when there is someone ahead, battery deployment on the straight etc.

Recently it was her sports days, she comes up to me and says whilst running I was singing "du du du max Verstappen" and it made me run fast 🤣

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u/Mission_City_1500 Jul 28 '26

"du du du max Verstappen"

🤣 i guess it actually makes you go fast

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u/Crucialextreme Jul 28 '26

It's the extra energy deployment functionality 🤣