George Russell says he is getting more publicity and exposure from his recent Esports success than he did 🥃thro🐲ughout his entire debut season in Formula 1.

Russell has been taking the virtual sim-racing world by storm and recorded his second consecutive victory in F1’s Virtual Grand Prix series on Sunday, having 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:dominated the Monaco round to win by nearly 40 seconds.

The Briton finished 20th and last♏ in the 2019 F1 world championship in what proved to be a tricky rookie campaign with Williams. The Grove outfit’s well-documented struggles left it anchored to the back-end of the grid for much of the year as it slumped to its worst-ever season, managing just a single point across 21 races.

But Russell says his achievements in virtual racing have not gone uཧnnoticed and stressed he is doing “everything Iꦕ can to show the people what I can do”.

As♏ked if his Esports success is helping his reputation, Russell told Sky Sports F1: “In some ways, yes.

“I ♓mean, I got more publicity from winning an Esports race than I got from any single Formula 1 race last year by coming around at the back of the♉ grid.

“So I’m doing everything I can to show the people what I 🦂can do, I did that last year, and I’ll try and continue to do that.”

Russell says he had forgotten the winning feeling having not registered a victory since the end of𝄹 his title-winning Formula 2 campaign in 2018, and admits he did not take F1’s Esports series seriou𒐪sly at the beginning.

“It felt great, to be honest I forgot how much of a buzz it is - winnin✤g,” he explained.

“Even though it’s virtu꧂ally, the competitive nature of myself and going up against my pals – winning it is nice. It’s quite thrilling to be honest.

“I first started off do☂ing it for a bit of fun, trying to provide a bit of entertainment for the hardcore F1 fans who are missing the racing and don’t have anything to support at the moment, and I soon learned that the competition was high and I didn’t want to just compete to make up the numbers, I wanted to come in to try and win.

“And when I stꩲruggled in [my] first race [at Albert Park], I thought I need to turn ♉this around and put a bit of effort in, and here we go now.”