168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell admits Mercedes need solutions to resolve the biggest weakness plaguing their 2025 F1 car after a difficult Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

The Briton was unable to convert a brilliant qualifying lap f♊or third on the grid into another podium finish after losing out on strategy and lacking race pace as he slipped to seventh in Sunday’s 63-la♋p race at Imola.

A disappointing afternoon for Mercedes was compounded by Bologna native 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kimi Antonelli being forced to retire from his first home F1 race after💃 encountering a throttle issue.

Hot races have proved to be Mercedes’ Achilles’ heel so far this year and Russell acknowledged the t๊eam have a fundamental problem꧑ with their W16 that needs addressing to avoid similar struggles down the line.

"We were just dead slo💧w,” Rus♎sell bemoaned after the race.

"T꧅he trends are pretty clear. When it's h🌃ot, we're slow. When it's cold, we're quick, That was the same last year.

"We've been doing ever🐷ything with the setup to try and fi🌊nd solutions, but there's clearly something more fundamental in the car.

"It's not the first race for this season where we've been slower than Ferrari, even slower or t📖he same pace as Williams, but we've just somehow managed to get a result out of it on these occasions.

"But today we were very lucky to finish P7 in all hones༒ty.”

The ‘most challenging Sunday’ Russell can remember

Russell, who has lost ground in the championship battle after claiming four podiums across the opening six races of the season, said it is imperative that Mercedes find a cure.

"I wouldn't say we are running out of ideas toဣ solve the tyres, but as I said, it's sort of baked into the car,” he explained.

"You look at Ferrari a few years ago, they used to be mega quick in qualifying and slow in the race. Now they've kind of done a U-turn, and they also🐻 don't really understand why that is.

"So we need to find a better compromise, especially ahead of the next race. We're approaching summer and it doesn't really bode w♏ell🎉 for us. We need to think quick."

Russell ⭕went on to label the race as Mercedes’ “most challenging Sunday we’ve had in as long as I can remember” in a post on 🧔social media.