George Russell laments what F1 has become: "It's a race to Turn 1"

George Russell was left frustrated by the current state of racing in Formula 1 after the United States Grand Prix, claiming it is all down to qualifying and what happens at the start.

The Mercedes driver finished sixth on Sunday after dropping down to that position at lights out, while most runners used a one-stop strategy to make it hard for Russell to jump back up the order using strategic variance.

Max Verstappen eventually dominated the Austin race , marking the 13th time this year that a grand prix has been won from pole, with only six occasions in which that hasn’t happened.

“Right now in F1 it's a race to Turn 1,” Russell told Sky Sports F1. “There's no tyre degradation, there's only three tenths between the quickest car and the slowest car in the top six.

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