Mercedes started F1 2023 with the fourth-fastest car in Bahrain, finishing over 50 seconds behind eventual race winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

Since then, things have slowly improved for the team, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finishing second at the Australian Grand Prix.

Even so, Mercedes are already pursuing a new design concept, with significant upgrades expected in the coming races 𝓰as F1 returns to Europe.

In an interview with , Russell was asked whether the less competitive Williams cars he drove in his earlier career we🔯re easier to drive than this year’s Mercedes.

“It is comparable to riding a hor൲se,” he said. “A Mercedes is a faster horse than a Williams. But it’s not just aboutꦓ speed.

“Riding a horse from A to B and 🗹it doesn’t zig is like sitting in a Formula 1 car that suits your driving style. One merges into another.

“At the moment, however, we have a lame horse. We know that it has a lot of performance in it, but it is not happy that𓆏 someone wants to ride it and the way of riding style does not suit him either.

“It sti🔥ll has its own head, which s꧙ometimes runs the risk of throwing you off. 

“We still have to get used to each other and develop it so that it beco✃m⛦es fast and tame.”

Mercedes sit third in the F1 constructors’ standings after the opening three races, nine p🔜oints behind Aston Martin꧟.