“No reason why we couldn’t have won…” - George Russell’s bold claim about Mercedes in Australian GP
Russell led the early stages of the race at Albert Park following his ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlightning start from second on the✤ grid.
Mercedes were first and second with their cars, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen right behind them.
Russell stopped for fresh rubber when the Safety Car appe🌞ared due to Alex Albon.
It was untimely for Russell as the red flag was put out a lap later, meaning the rest of the field who🍒 didn’t stop under the💜 Safety Car, could put on fresh tyres.
Russell would later retire from the race due to an engine-related issue as Verstappen went onto win the race ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.
Speaking after the race, he said: “As soon as I came through the high-speed 9 and 10.𒉰 I felt something go. That was it. Three corners later, I was stopped. When it’s not your day, it’s not your day.
“I felt comfortable, strong, the pace was great all weekend. Every time we’ve done something, we’ve maxi💖mised it. We had a great qualifying, the start 🍬was great, the first stint was well-managed - I could have extended it but Lewis was pushing really hard behind me. Seeing the tyres, I would have probably been good.
“I see no reason why we couldn’t have won today. Looking at the pace of Max - I’m sure he was just managing - but it would have been 🌱difficult for him to pass, especially with Lewis betwꩲeen the two of us. So I’m really disappointed.”
Despite Russell’s bold c🍃laim, he believes when Red Bull push to the maximum they’re 0.5s to 0.7s ahead on pace.
“They’re a long waꦿy ahead of everybody,” he added. “When they turn it up, they’re five, six, seven tenths ahead.
"So we’ve got a lot of work to do. For now, we take the positives. Every time we hit the track we can’t have dꦅone any mor🧸e, I take pride in that.”
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