George Russell explains why "bottoming" returned for Mercedes at Spanish Grand Prix

George Russell has explained why Mercedes struggled with “bottoming” as bouncing made a return in the opening F1 practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix.
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand…

Russell and a number of his rivals were vocal i🥀n their fee꧅dback about bouncing.

"Quite a lot of bottoming,” Russell complained🌠 in FP1.

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Hಞe also reported: "I think the bouncing into turns three and nine are worse this run." 

The Mercedes driver wasn’t the only one complaining about bouncing in the final sequence of ൲corners.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was also vocal: "Car's bouncing uꩵnder braking into🐻 10, and in the last corner.”

After Friday practice in🦂 Barcelona, Russell was asked about the compl𒁃aints about “bottoming”.

“We were just pushing the ride height of the car🍸 to be honest൲,” Russell explained. “We solved it for the second half of the session by just lifting it a little bit. 

“It was really bumpy through that final corner - just a bit sketchy through there - same for everyone. We wil🐎l see what we learn tonight. Definitely we can find some gains. 

“There’s a few surprises out there today but I am sure the story will be slightly different tomorrow anಌd again on Sunday. As we know we score point🌼s on Sunday so that’s what we’re targeting.”

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand…

Friday practice gave Mercedes another opportuni⛎ty to extensively test their new upgra꧙de package which was introduced last time out in Monaco.

Russell admitted that Mercedes do not expect “to suddenly set the world on fire”꧑ with their new up✱dates for this weekend.

“It’s only Friday. I think we’ll learn a huge amount and we’ll dig into the data tonight,♐” he added. “We know that we’re not ꩵFriday-specialists and we often take a bit of a step on Saturday and Sunday. We are where we are. 

“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 whaಞt we can from the info we’ve got and try to forward tomorrow.”

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