2023-07-03 03:49:01
George Russell has admitted Mercedes F1 was ‘substantially worse than we expected’ at the Austrian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton and Russell took the checkered flag in 7th and 8th respectively, making them the fifth team at the Red Bull Ring behind Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin.
Since introducing the upgrade package at the Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes has scored two podiums and Hamilton has not finished outside the top four. Russell, on the other hand, finds it more difficult, although his pace on race day is similar to Hamilton’s. After the Austrian Grand Prix, Russell said he was confident Mercedes would “find out the truth” of its struggles. “I’m sure the truth will come out, but it’s the same car as when I flew in Barcelona two races ago, the only difference is the tires, so we need to understand that,” said Russell. “There have been some surprises, but I think Lando and McLaren have done a really great job. Really well done. We need to understand what went wrong on our part.” It didn’t feel like it was, the cars were moving around a lot and it was a little bit worse than other circuits, but the pace was a lot worse than we expected. It is expected to bring further upgrades to Silverstone. “The Silverstone upgrade is another step in the right direction, but just another step,” added Russell. “Obviously it depends on the circuit because we weren’t anywhere here, we had the same car and it was good in Canada and fast in Barcelona. “This bodes well for Silverstone because Silverstone is this circuit. It’s closer to Barcelona than
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