Mercedes sit second in the constructors’ championship after 12 rounds in F1 2023, 51 points ahead of Aston Martin.

Despite t🌳heir P2 position, they’ve not been abl♛e to challenge Red Bull at all for race victories.

Red Bull are currently invincible - winning 12 out of 12 - with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen winning the last eight in a row.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s , Russell conceded it’s not where Mercede෴s want to be but was keen to point out it’s not been a total f﷽ailure.

“As a team we’ve gone from strength to strength,” he said. “There were a lot of expectations of us, going into the season. Perhaps 🌺that’s why people are calling our season a bit of a failu🔜re. Of course, it’s far from where we want it to be, because we want to be fighting for championships. 

“But to call P2 in the championship, 50 points ahead of P3, a failure? It’s far from a reality.🅠 We know that we’ve got a lot to improve. In the second half of the season, hopeful🍃ly we can be there to pick up any pieces. 

“You never know. Last year we had the mentality that ꦛSingapore would be our only opportunity to win. 

“When we didn’t win there was disappointment and no expectation going into Brazil, bꦕut we came away with the victory there.”

While Mercedes sit c▨omfortably second, they’ve often not had the second-fastest c🌸ar.

Aston Martin were Red Bull’s nearest challengers consistently in the first eight races, while Ferrari and McLareꩲn have sporadi🐭cally took that title.

“It’s close between us, Aston Martin, Ferrari and McLaren,” he added. “We’re consistently there fig🔯hting between the se🐓cond and third fastest teams. 

“Our team have done an amazing j🍰ob to maximise po💧ints. 

“I’m not going to say we’re the second faಞstest team, but we’re in a str꧅ong position to secure P2.”