Martin Brundle: Struggling Mercedes “painful to watch” in Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Mercedes endured their worst race of the season as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finished eighth, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was forced to retire due to an eng꧅ine-rela🅠ted issue.
Mercedes were slow all weekend, struggling𒀰 with hi꧅gh tyre degradation and a lack of rear grip.
Hamilton was even overtaken by the Alpine of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, highli�🦋�ghting how tough it was for the team at Interlagos.
Writing in his , Brundle gave his thoughts on the race, particularly🌼 Mercedes’ struggles.
“It wasn't a classic race by any means, both Mercedes' of Hamilton and Russell continuing their poor race♋ pace of Saturday, but for three times as long and it was painful to watch,” he wrote.
“They eventually retired Russell, and Hamilton grabbed a few p🍰oints in eighth place.”

Brundle was impressed by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez as he showed sign𒁏s ofꩵ ‘rejuvenation’ with some daring overtakes.
“Sergio Perez had already shown his rejuvenated talents on a number of occasions with some deft out-braking manoeuvres while recovering from a poor-ish grid slot, and then homed in on Fernando Alonso for the final podium spot. I thoroughly enjoyed watcﷺhing this battle of high-speed tactics,” he added.
“Alonso ไwas using and placing his car well to frustrate Perez behind him, in what looked like a much faste෴r car. Their tyre lives were identical and it was a straight fight to the flag.
“The r💛acing would be hard, the defensive moves dramatic and bordering on late, but always leaving racing room, for which they would both appl𒈔aud each other post-race.”

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