Mercedes perceive the place they went fallacious with their automobile’s set-up final weekend, says George Russell, after the group’s higher exhibiting in qualifying yesterday.
Russell certified third on the grid, behind solely the McLaren drivers. Crew mate Lewis Hamilton was fourth till the ultimate runs when he made a mistake and fell behind the Ferrari drivers.
Nonetheless Russell was inspired by the steadiness the group discovered with its automobile after its struggles one week in the past. “It feels good round right here,” he stated. “Final week, I feel we recognise the place we went fallacious with the set-up.
“On this sport it runs away from you actually, actually rapidly when you’re simply on the fallacious aspect of that candy spot and that’s completely what we present in Zandvoort. As painful as it’s, it’s essential typically to have these disappointing weekends.
“There’s no ensures for [the race]. We weren’t one million miles away in qualifying in Zandvoort, however I’m assured we’ll be extra within the combine and try to sustain with these [McLaren] guys.”
Russell stated he was discovering time together with his automobile all through Saturday’s operating after sitting out first observe on Friday whereas Andrea Kimi Antonelli drove his automobile. Antonelli crashed closely in the course of the session, and restore work delayed Russell’s begin to second observe.
“It was a really up and down weekend,” stated Russell. “Clearly I missed quite a bit yesterday, which put me actually on the again foot.
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“I needed to make a number of modifications from FP3 into qualifying as a result of that was actually my first correct session out on observe. And Q1 and Q2 was actually, actually messy. I wasn’t assured, didn’t really feel good within the automobile and simply type of scraped via the session.
“Then abruptly I managed to get it within the candy spot for Q3. Each my laps, I feel I used to be third or fourth, and clearly ended up third. So I’m fairly happy with that consequence and it’s sort of thrilling to see how shut it’s with everybody.”
Nonetheless Russell stated there are nonetheless many unknowns forward of at the moment’s race. “I don’t actually know what to anticipate as a result of I’ve simply not likely accomplished the laps, to be trustworthy,” he stated. “So I’ll simply need to belief my instincts and go from there, actually, and adapt on the fly.
“As I stated, I’m actually, actually happy to be lining up P3 after the day we’ve had, and the automobile positively appears to have potential.”
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