The British driver will use his fourth power unit for the 2021 season and is ready to fall into the field from wherever he is qualified.
Russell entered the Austin Weekend with maximum seasonal distribution limits for internal combustion engines, turbochargers, MGU-H, energy storage, and control electronics, which means that the accrued fine for using a new Mercedes engine will put him in the last place The game in Austin on Sunday.
On Thursday night, the Williams team mechanic was installing a new engine on his car before the opening day of the practice session in Texas.
Mercedes engines encountered a series of reliability problems in 2021.
The team has had to exceed the allocations allowed to Lewis Hamilton and Valtery Bottas. The new engine provided to the latter at Monza malfunctioned in Russia’s next race, and the Finn was forced to drop the grid again. It was brought back to Brixworth as an engine for evaluation.
Williams was also forced to provide Nicholas Latifi with a new engine in Russia because the device was adapted to Canadians' aerodynamic pressure issues-the same problem caused Russell to retire from the Styrian Grand Prix in June.
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Another Mercedes engine customer, Aston Martin, also chose to install a new engine for Sebastian Vettel's car during the weekend in Austin.
The German driver said at a pre-race press conference held on the American circuit that due to his punishment, he expects a "tough weekend", which means that he will line up with Russell at the back of the field.
After Daniel Ricardo’s last engine replacement at the Turkish Grand Prix, only his teammates Lando Norris and Aston’s Lance Stroll have not yet used the new power supplied by Mercedes’ remaining customers Device.
McLaren stated before the start of the first practice session in Texas that Novosibirsk will not use the new engine over the weekend.
Russell said in his own press conference before the US Grand Prix: "This track has some silverstone atmosphere, but the key to this year may be the bumps.
He added: “It's just like they were in 2019, and the sinking situation in the past few years.
"I think this will determine the success or failure of the weekend, because it is very tricky for all drivers, whoever is most comfortable with it will stand out."
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