George Russell mentioned he may have set an excellent faster time in dash race qualifying regardless of securing a entrance row begin in Losail.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix winner cut up the 2 McLarens in Friday’s dash qualifying session to line up second on the grid for Saturday’s dash race.
Russel was solely six-hundredths of a second slower than Lando Norris over his quickest lap. Nonetheless, he misplaced a small period of time to the McLaren driver between turns 14 and 15 after struggling an obvious lack of energy exiting the quick triple proper hand sequence of turns 12, 13 and 14.
“I felt actually robust all session,” Russell informed the official F1 channel. “The automotive was actually nice. This circuit is admittedly probably the greatest, if you get within the groove and that rhythm – it’s so quick.
“I went flat via the excessive pace [section] for the primary time on my closing lap in SQ3 and confused the engine a bit bit. I don’t know the way a lot I misplaced, however I had an enormous recharge on the exit of the nook as a result of I went via it flat.
“It was a bit annoying after I’d simply nailed it after which I misplaced a load of pace on the exit. However I feel Lando was only a smidge out of attain.”
McLaren and Ferrari are concerned in the one championship battle nonetheless alive coming into the ultimate two rounds. Regardless of being between each McLarens on the grid and forward of each Ferraris, Russell says he’s “positively” trying to try to win Saturday’s dash race.
“I feel they’re in a championship struggle. We’ve obtained nothing to lose. We’re going for the massive outcome,” he mentioned.
“We’ll try to make begin. In fact the dash is only a dash. We have to put our concentrate on qualifying as properly. However to date, so good.”
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