Mercedes endured a disappointing Friday in Barcelona despite running their newly-upgraded W14, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell ending FP2 half a second off the pace in eighth, while Hamilton was a couple of tenths further back in 11th.&nb𒁃sp;

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The revised Mercedes was slower than the Red Bull, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Alpine over a single lap, as ꧅well as Nico Hulꦍkenberg’s Haas. 

And Hamilton is bracing for a tight battle to just reach the top-10, with the seven-time wo𓃲rld champion noting the “impressive” improvements m♏ade by Mercedes’ rivals. 

“I think from the pace that I had today, it’s a strug🌺gle currently for me to get into the🐟 top-10,” Hamilton conceded. 

“But hopefully we’ll do some changes overnight. It’s very, very close between u🌞s and P5 back t🅠o P10, it’s really, really close between us all. 

“It’s impre♕ssive to see the improvements everyone seems to have made all around us. If you look at [Esteban] Ocon, the♕ Alpines are doing great. 

“The Aston Martin was second, just behind the Red Bull, which is really, really impressive. It’s nꦆot going t🅰o be easy, that’s for sure.” 

Asked how Merc▨edes’ upgraded car felt, Hamilton said: "It’s oka💃y. Were fighting as hard as we can. 

🔥“I would say it was a difficult P1๊ and P2, just getting on top of the tyres and the deg. The car feels… The car feels like the car.

“I think the long-run pace didn’t look terrible, we’ve just got to work on trying to figure out ho𒉰w we extract more from a single lap.” 

Russell, who was the quick✱er Mercedes driver in both practice sessions, said: “A lot of people are bringing updates to the car. 

“We weren’t expecting to suddenly set the world on fire. We just need to learn what we can f✱rom the info we’ve got and try to forward tom♏orrow.”