George Russell: Sao Paulo Grand Prix “our weakest race of the year” 12 months on from “our strongest”
Russell failed to make t♑he chequered flag at Interlagos after concerns over his engine.
Up until then, Russell was on course to finish a disappointing ninth, and would have likely been overtaken by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda for tenth had he not retired.
It capped off a miserable day for Mercedes as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton could only manage eighth.
“Clearly we got🍨 something wrong this weekend, still we’re not too sure what tha♎t is as yet, but the pace just hasn’t been there,” Russell said.
“W𝓰e thought yesterday may have been a one off, but clearly it wasn’t, so we need to regroup and try to understand it because 12 months ago this was our strongest race of the year, 12꧂ months later it’s by far our weakest race of the year, so very strange.”
Assessing Mercedes’ performance, Russell conceded “something doesn’t add up” with the team ending Brazil asꩲ the sixth-fastest team.
“The car was just slow this weekend. 🍌The tyres weꦑre sliding around and I think what we were doing was the maximum,” he added.
“Something doesn’t quite add up, you jus💝t don’t suddenly lose a second’s worth of performance and go from a podium fighting car to just fighting for points.
“We really need to sit down a🐷nd understand, but clearly a🤡 massive one off this week.”
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