Williams heads into the Form💧ula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix under no pressure given low expectations for its performance, according to George Russell.

Williams started its 2019 running on the back foot after delays with the build of its new car foꦑrced it to miss the first two-and-a-half days of pre-season 🥂testing in Barcelona.

Coming off the back of a difficult 2018 season that saw it finish last in the standings, Williams is widely expected 💦to prop up the running order once again at the start of the season.

Heading into his debut F1 weekend i🃏n Australia, Russell said that he does not feel under any pressure given the low expectations, giving him the chance to try and make the most of enjoying his first grand prix.

“I🍸 think from𝓰 my side and the team’s side, we’re going in there with no pressure on our shoulders,” Russell said.

“Everyone’s expecting us to finish last by a long way, come out the garage and the whee🦄ls will fall off the car. And I think anything el൲se we do is going to be an achievement from the outside perspective.

“I’m just going ♓out there 𒊎to enjoy it, and make the most of this.”

Asked about changes made to the FW42 car since testing, Russell said that while a step in performanc✤e is anticipated, there is still a sizeable bridge to gap to the rest of the midfield runners.

“We are expecting an improvement from Barcelona because we didn’t make the most of the package we had. But now we can smoo🉐then the edges, fine-tune what we’ve got, and already we’ll find a bit of performance,” Russell said.

“But in all honesty, we were already so far behind in Barcelona, we’ve got a huge steᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚp to leap really. We’꧙ll have to see how we get on this weekend.

“We’ve got to꧟ take it step by step and get the right p💧rocess in place.”