George Russell makes alarming Mercedes admission after finishing sixth in Saudi Arabia.
Russell made an encouraging start to the weekend as he took fourth and second in Thursday’s practice sessions, but Mercedes’ competitiveness fell away as the weekend drew on.eighth, and went on to finish sixth in Saturday’s race as Mercedes were outperformed by customer teams McLaren and Aston Martin.
“We're still really trying to understand this car because we have shown true performance at points over the last two weekends,” Russell said. “That hasn't been our competitors getting faster; that's been us getting slower. So, we need to understand why that is. But it's fine margins now.] is just a smidge ahead. We just need to tap into it a bit more.”Hamilton called on Mercedes to make “big changes” to their W15 challenger after being left frustrated by a return of previous bouncing issues and a general lack of performance in high-speed corners.
"It was like I was in a different category when I was going through the high-speed between the other guys around me.
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