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George Russell says Mercedes’ data “suggested we were 17th and 18th yesterday in Qualifying, then third and fourth in the race”, so “clearly we made some improvements”.
George Russell qualified for the British Grand Prix in P6 and Lewis Hamilton in P7, which is definitely not what Mercedes had hoped for.
However, afterwards George was pretty optimistic.
“Our numbers suggested we were 17th and 18th yesterday in Qualifying, then third and fourth in the race,” the Briton told Sky Sports F1.
“Clearly we made some improvements. I was gutted to see we were half a tenth from P3, which would have been incredible.
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“My lap felt great. I don’t think there was much in there. Lewis has been really on it this weekend and pushing me hard.
“Well done to McLaren, they came from nowhere and are the big unknown for tomorrow.”
As for what Mercedes can do in the race, George said:
“We always tend to have a better Sunday that Saturday. It’s an interesting grid – Fernando [Alonso] and Checo [Perez] are out of position. Let’s see what we can do.
“But McLaren seem really quick here,” he concluded.
