George Russell urged critics to give Formula One’s sweeping new regulations time to prove themselves after the Mercedes driver won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Leading drivers, including four-times world champion Max Verstappen and defending champion Lando Norris, have been scathing of the new hybrid engines which place more emphasis on power management and regeneration.
Russell, who won from pole ahead of Kimi Antonelli in a Mercedes 1-2,
