Mercedes F1 engineer Andrew Shovlin says the team is co🌊ncerned by how much time they were losing in the high-speed corners in Saudi Arabia - conceding it could be a problem in Austra✨lia as well.

The Brackley-based outfit endured a frustrating race at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit as they finished sixth with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and ninth with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

Mercedes were considerably weak in the💙 fir𒅌st sector which consists of high-speed, sweeping corners.

This was most notable when Hamilton was following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris in the latter part of Saturday's race.

The seven-time world champion would be within 0.5s goinꦡg into the first corner, then Norris would break the one-second DRS gap.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has already said that their current𒁏 car has a “fundame🎃ntal” issue which they don’t yet understand.

Speaking after the race, ♐Shovlin, who is their trackside engineering director, gave his  view on the sit🐲uation for Mercedes.

"We've not performed well this weekend,” he said. “Our high-speed performance has𒊎 been weak, and the car is bouncing in those corners.

“That contributed to our poor qualifying but also meant we couldn't challenge A𓃲ston Martin ✱and the McLarens in the race.

“We were losing so much time in sector one that we sp🃏ent the rest of the lap clawing it back.”

The next two races in Australia and Japan are high-speed💙 circuits, meaning Mercedes could be set for another couple of difficult weekends if they can’t fix their weaknesses.

"Overall, it has been a very frustrating weekend but ultimately one of our own making,” he added. “We've seen glimpses of strong performance, b🗹ut it's not been easy to land the set-up in the right place and we've clear❀ly got some weaknesses that still need ironing out.

“We are going to have to work hard between now and Melbourne to improve. The tracks are similar and we don’t want another week🐷end like this one.”