George Russell knows that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes may e༺ncounter new problems after the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

Russell finished fifth at Suzuka on Sunday, one place ahead of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Kimi Antonelli - exactly the positions they had qualified in.

But an issue with temperatures could be looming, ahead of next weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, which𓆉 Russell knows is problematic.

“We haven’t seen the best of McLaren yet,” he told Sky Sports.

“It has been three cold races,ꦦ we are wearing jackets.

“When we go to Bahrain and Saudi in 35 degrees, that’s where we will see those gu🃏ys excel.

“We have aꦰlways been pretty strong in the cooler conditions so I am keeping my feet on the ground.”

Jacques Villeneuveꦰ added: “A lot of teams suffer in the heat.

“The cooler it is, the more downf🍒orce you have. Everything works bett𒊎er.

“So it masks the problems that you have. A good car will still be a good car. But a car with issue🌠s will get into a window where the issues are not apparent - until Bahrain.”

George Russell admits flaw 'I wanted to work on'

The Mercedes W16 could, therefore, face a major test of🎃 its performance levels when the he𒐪at is quite literally turned up in Bahrain next week, and in Saudi Arabia seven days later.

At the Japanese Grand Prix, Red Bulꦫl’s Max Verstappen ran out as winner💃 ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

A healthy P5 for Russell keeps him fourth in thꦚe drivers’ championship - behind the Japan podium trio, who have won a race apiece this season so far.

Russell is in best-of-the-rest territorꦫy🎀 after the first three rounds of the 2025 F1 season, his first as Mercedes’ senior driver after Lewis Hamilton’s exit.

Russell said about the Japanese Grand Prix: “It was really difficult. The last two weekends ꦫwere an easy one-stop strategy.

“When the circuits get resurfaced, you need to bring softer tyres because that hard tyre can go forever. We pushed so far, so hard, but 🉐you couldn’t overജtake.

“I didn’t have the pace of the top three but I matched🤪 the pace of Charles, and I couldn’t get by.

“The last couple of years I have not been consisജtent myself, and it’s something I♏ wanted to work on. To not have fluctuations.

“It has been a solid start to the year. I am happy, I don’t think we could’ve achieved a better result in the first two races. Today P4 probably would have been a fair result but we came home🌄 in P5.”