Jun.12 (GMM) GPDA chairman Alex Wurz is not convinced the harmony between Kimi Antonelli and George Russell will survive a prolonged title fight.
Antonelli’s fifth consecutive victory in Monaco extended his lead to 68 points over teammate Russell, amid ongoing comparisons with the famous Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg rivalry.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff recently rejected those parallels.
“No, those two are much better characters,” Wolff said of Antonelli and Russell, according to f1-insider.com.
“The other two are simply worse, worse in character.”
Former Formula 1 driver Wurz, however, is not so sure.
“It immediately reminds me of Rosberg versus Hamilton,” he said.
“I chuckled a bit when he said they’re different in character,” Wurz said. “They’re winners, alpha types, they want to win.”
“Maybe they listen to him a little better, but I don’t really believe it, because only one can be Formula 1 world champion.”
The former Benetton and McLaren driver therefore doubts the current peace will last indefinitely.
“It’s a cutthroat environment, and I wish Toto the best of luck,” Wurz said.
Wurz was full of praise for championship leader Antonelli, however.
“To win so many times in a row at such a young age is impressive. Very few can do that,” he said.
“Kimi is developing dramatically, and we’ve always said, when Kimi gets going, it’ll be hard to stop him.”
“He’s proving that to us now.”