George Russell is confident his Mercedes team will "be in a much stronger position" when the lights go out for the first race of the upcoming Formula 1 season.
The Silver Arrows had a 2022 season to forget, by their own standards. Having won the eight previous constructors' titles in a row, they found themselves off the pace of their Red Bull and Ferrari rivals in the first few races of last campaign.
They never really recovered, though improvements made as the season went on helped them to at least record one win, in Brazil. Russell was the man who secured that victory, beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton to the chequered flag – and finishing above the seven-time world champion in the standings.
