However, Russell insists that there were signs of speed that suggested that the race represented a missed opportunity for him.
The Briton started Saturday's sprint from only 11th place after running out of new tyres for the sprint shootout and picking up a three-place penalty for impeding.
He managed to recover to seventh, although was demoted a position by a five-second penalty handed down for overtaking Oscar Piastri's McLaren beyond track limits.
Russell then crossed the line seventh in Sunday's Grand Prix, having qualified fifth on Friday and then lost three positions at the start. But he was boosted two spots in the final results following the disqualifications of Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
Hamilton, meanwhile, was second to Max Verstappen in both the sprint and the main race, before he lost his result in the latter.
Russell was adamant that there was much more potential in his weekend had everything worked out better and when asked about it by Autosport said this was the "story of the season really".
"It feels like missed opportunities, on the back foot from the beginning, making a bad start," he reflected.
"And then we put the hard tyre on, we had to manage the fuel, we had to manage the engine a little bit, and I was about a second off the pace.
"Then we put the medium back on, and we were the quickest car on track, closed in on Max by about 10 seconds, and on Lewis by a couple of seconds.
Source: Autosport