Russell was knocked out in Q2 during the first qualifying session of the weekend, losing out to teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton by just 0.004s.

Hamilton could only qualify fifth, a whopping 0.9s down on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc. 

Mercedes introduced a number of small upgrades for Baku, with their major updat🎃e expected to arrive in time for Imola.

Reflecting on Friday’s qual💞ifying session, Russell said: “We are not fast enough this weekend, obviously. I wou🔜ld have loved to have been in Q3. I gave it everything. 

“The lap was strong. I made a mistake in my last one - it might have crept me into Q3. It’s a funny sport this. From qualifying on🐬 the front row last week to both of us, well myself, being out in Q🌺2 then Lewis just getting in with P10.

“We have another chance tomorrow but it’s not ideal. I wasn’t feeling great in practice, I would have loved to do a f𝓰ew mo🐬re laps. We sat in the garage for quite a long time doing a few bits and bobs.

“It’s easy in hindsight to say ‘could have, should have, would have’. It’s a learning for this sprint race. Last sprint race, we hit the gro🌳und running. This one has been the opposite. That’s the way it goes with these e𒀰vents.

“Right now we wouldn’t know what to change, to find the pace we need around this tr𝓀ack. It is unique, an o♎utlier.”

Despite a poor qualifying, Russell is confident of recovering in Sunda🉐y’s mai𓃲n grand prix.

“Compared to the first three races, of all the tracks to have a bad qualifying?” Russell a🔥dded.🐟 

“This is one to do it. I s𝔍ee no reason why we can’t fight back on Sunday.”