Mercedes went int🔯o 2023 with greater optimism after a year of learning last year.

They ended on a high with a wi▨n at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix while continuing to close the gap to the top two teams.

They had a rude awakening in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prꦕix, ending the race at the fourth-fastest team.

Since then, Mercedes 🎃has made steady progress, sitting comfortably second in the constructors’ championship.

In an interview with , Russell revealed that Mercedꦡes continue to “understand things further and clearer” 💦at each event.

“We definitely made some wrong decisions over the winter last year thꦑat set us back quite a little bit and that's why we've beingꦜ playing catch up so far this season,” Russell said. 

“I think every race t꧑hat goes by we understand things further and clearer.”

Russell explained that a big weakness with the W14 is rear end stability and h♏aving that confidence to push.

“Something we've been trying 🍬to improve a lot is just the through corner balanc𓂃e of the car,” Russell explained. 

“I think both Lewis [Hamilton] and I are searching for a bit more confidence and rear end in the c꧅ar so that we can hit the ground running during a race weekend. 

“I think that's something that Red Bull have done a really great job of: allowing ওtheir drivers on lap one of the weekend to go out, push it to the limit and in little fear of crashing the car or spinning out.

“But it's always marginal gains in many areas. If𝄹 you can find half a tenth here, half a tenth there, suddenly you can add that up to a large chunk of lap time. So, you know, that🌟's just what we're working through at the moment.”