George Russell says he doesn’t perceive the explanation for his heavy crash in FP2 on the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix that left Mercedes with a significant rebuild in a single day.
For the second successive weekend, Russell crashed closely and needed to be cleared from the medical heart on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez because of the dimension of the affect. He was quickest within the first apply session however then misplaced management over the curb at Flip 8 early in FP2 and spun into the wall at excessive velocity.
“Truthfully, don’t know what occurred,” Russell mentioned. “The automobile began bouncing on the bottom and earlier than I had an opportunity to catch it, I used to be already spinning.
“Loads of work for the fellows tonight once more. It looks like it’s one factor after one other in the meanwhile. It’s irritating. [In] FP1 we have been very robust, very quick. Tried to take the identical line, chopping that nook, and for no matter purpose on this event in FP2 the factor simply began happening me.”
Regardless of the crash, Russell believes it wasn’t as pricey as traditional because of the elongated tire take a look at format of FP2, and he hopes to have the ability to recuperate through the ultimate apply session on Saturday.
“I imply FP2… as a result of it was the Pirelli tire take a look at, it wasn’t massively useful when it comes to what you study for the race weekend,” he mentioned. “Clearly missed out on laps. FP3 goes to be necessary; simply hope we are able to get the automobile fastened.”
Teammate Lewis Hamilton additionally didn’t have a traditional begin to the weekend as Kimi Antonelli drove in his place in FP1 after which the tire take a look at took over FP2, however he sees some encouraging indicators from the working he accomplished.
“It’s a tire take a look at so we couldn’t change something on the automobile – it was the identical from the start to the top,” Hamilton mentioned. “I do know what we have to repair. Whether or not or not we are able to really do this, we’ll see. But it surely didn’t really feel horrible; little bit off the entrance guys. Obtained some work to do tonight.”
