168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was frustrated to miss out on the chance to reach the final part of qualifying for the F1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.

The Mercedes driver failed to join teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in SQ3 after missing out on the tౠop-10 by just 0.038s, leaving him only 11th on the gridꦏ.

Russell had a scrappy first lap as he struggled to generate temperature into his medium tyres before a late rain shower scuppered his hopesꦑ of improving.

“It wasn’t easy, at all,” Russell told Sky Sports F💝1. “That lap in Q2, we tried sending it as early as we could.

“We got stuck behind 12 cars ahead of us, just sat𝐆 in the pitlane. So we lost tyre tempe💛rature.

“It was close🤪. Just one more 🌳tenth and you are four or five positions higher.

“Obviously, a shame to be on the bottom end of tha🧸t. We have got a cha🔯nce to recover in the sprint race.”

With Hamilton going on to claim a spot on the front row alongside McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, Russell was left to rue his absence fr⛄om a 🐻wild SQ3.

“I was a little frustrated after th💛e first lap. It was so close to getting into [S]Q3,” he explained.

“Challenging conditions, the rainfall now… who kn🍨ows wh𝕴at could have happened in Q3?

“In the sprint race, we can recover some positions. Then we’ve got another chance in qualif🌟ying.”

Russell added: “The grip is really low 💟here compared to what we expected, for everybody.

“The lap time is thr✅ee or four seconds lower than anticipated. There are 🦹no junior series here like F2 or F3 to help rubber the track in. Everyone is slipping and sliding around.

“We’ve only done 😼practice on tꦐhe hard tyre, only two laps in qualifying on the medium tyre. It is challenging to judge.

🐠"We have a chance tomorrow to make tweaks overnight.”