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 v💧ocal in their feedback about bouncꦿing.

"Quite a lot of bottoming,” Russe🍸ll complaine🎶d in FP1.

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He als🥃o reported: "I think the bouncing into turns three and♔ nine are worse this run." 

The Mercedes driver wasn’t the only one comp𒆙laining about bouncing in the fi🍃nal sequence of corners.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was also vocal: "Car's bouncing under bra🐷king into 10, and in the last cꦍorner.”

After Friday prac𒅌tice in Barcelona, Russe🐎ll was asked about the complaints about “bottoming”.

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

“It was really bumpy through that final corner - just a bit sket♑chy through there - same for everyone. We will 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 and again on Sunday. As we know we score points on Sunday so that’s w🥃hat 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 anoth𒈔er opportunity to extensively test their new upgrade package which was introduced last time out in Monaco.

Russell admitted that Mercedes 𝕴do not expect “to suddenly set the world on fire” with their new updates 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 Friday-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 what we can from the info we’❀ve got and try to forward tomorrow.”

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