‘I’m struggling a bit’ - George Russell’s honest admission after latest Q2 exit in Austria

Russell was knocked out in Q2 at the Red Bull as he was out-qualified by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton yet again.
It’s become a common trend between the two Mercedes ❀drivers, with Hamilton havin♉g the upperhand since their upgrade in Monaco.
Hamilton is set to start Sunday’s race from fifth on the grid as he looks to close the gap to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso for second in the championship.
Speaking after his third Q2 exit of F1 2023, Russell conceded he simply 🅺didn’t have the pace in Austria.
“Just not quick enough today,” he said. “From the firs🍌t laps in practice just haven’t got the right feel with the car. It’s difficult going into a sprint race weekend when you don’t have a lot of time to make some changes.
“Let’s see what we can do overnight into tomorrow. P11 is not the best starting po🥀sition but we’ve had some good results from further down the field so far this year so all is not lost. I think the tyre deg looked pretty bad in practice so we are probably looking at a two-stop race.
“Need to understand what’s going on at the moment as [I’m] struggling a bit - especially on🙈 Saturdays.”

Despite his poor qualifying display, Russell is confide🐻nt he will have the pace to⛎ move up the order.
“I think so,” he added. “It was in Baku where I 🗹qualified 11th on Friday and fourth on Saturday but u🌞nfortunately you don’t come away with a lot of points that way round but the race will offer a little bit more than we saw in Baku.
“Not easy but it’s a long race on Sunday.”

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