Why George Russell has “mixed feelings” after “exceeding expectations” in F1's Baku Sprint Shootout
After trailing Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton for much of qualifying, Russell left it late with a strong lap to topple the seven-time world champion and Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz for fourth.
It’s a welcome𒀰 improvement for the British driver, who will start Sunday’s main grand prix from 11th on the grid after missing out on Q3 by just 0.004s.
Russel🌳l admitted his strong performance on Saturday left him even more frustrated with how the mai🔥n qualifying went yesterday.
“Mixed feelings,” he said. “Firs🐭tly, very happy with the job in qualifying. I think P4 is exceeding our expectations.
“When I got back into the pit lane I was ♍like ‘buggar!’ I still made that mistake yesterday and it showed what was probably possible. You can’t always bring your A-game and it was so close yesterday. It’s an interesting one.
“We always seem to get b𓂃etter as qualifying progresses, we come int👍o our own come Q3 and as the weekend progresses so that’s something to learn there.
“Anyway, we’ve got the race this🀅 afternoon. Let’s see what we can do.”
Hamilton qualified siℱxth after🔥 failing to improve significantly on his final lap in SQ3.
Assessing his session, he said: "The sessions were🌼 going really well actually. Q1 and Q2 were going well. Just my last lap… I struggled with the rear-end with the last lap and I didn’t get a tow at the end, the Red Bulls pulled too far ahead.
“A bit unfortunate. I gave it everythꦓing - that’s all you can ask for.”
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