George Russell gives worrying Mercedes prognosis for F1 Australian GP qualifying
George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli r♋eact to drab Friday at F1 Australian Grand Prix
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was left baffled by his Mercedes’ performance after practice at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.
Russell was 10th on the timesheet on Friday, with new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Kimi Antonelli 16th.
The McLarens, the Ferraris and the Racing Bulls locᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚked out the top six in practice to offer a hint about what might come on Saturday.
Russell was perplexed by th🐼e tyre performance of his W16.
“It was a reaꦡlly up and down day,” he told Sky Sports.
“Every time we had the medium or hard tyre on, we were right in the top tﷺwo of the timesheet. Every lap 🐷felt good.
“We were [almost] faster on the hard t🐟han the soft! When we put the♉ soft on, we didn’t go much quicker.
“Clearly there is a bit of pace in the car. It’s📖 just getting the most ou♐t of the tyres.
“We need to understand why that is.”
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George Russell turns to Mercedes engineers
Russell saved a potential crash at Turn 4, and reacted: “I was pushing the limits a little too much. It’s a great track here, and ꦓa fast one.”
The🍬 Mercedes driver admitted his hopes for qualifying rest upon his engineers🐟 on Friday night.
“Let’s see what we can achieve ov🍨er𓃲night,” he said.
“If the session stopped after the hard or medium tyre in FP1, I’d say ‘yes definitely, we are there o🌃r thereabouts’.
“But you do🍌n’t qualify on the hard or medium, you qualify on the 🌼soft, and we are not competitive there.
“We need to find some time.”
For Antonelli, his first practice day as a full-time F1 driver meant learning the ropes with the Pirelli tyr🍃es.
“It was quite a positive day,” he said.
“There is some work to do on a single lap, getting the tyres into the r✤igh༒t window.
“Overall I felt pret🎀ty good. I did a little 🐻mistake at the end.
I am gaining confidence,🌳 lap by lap. My long run was positive.
“The C5 is a compound that I’ve never really ℱused. I am learning it. The warm-up ﷺis tricky. But we have good data for tomorrow.”
James was a sports j💛ournalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering 🎶everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
