George Russell explains why "bottoming" returned for Mercedes at Spanish Grand Prix

George Russell has explained why Mercedes struggled with “bottoming” as bouncing made a return in the opening F1 practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix.
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand…

Rꦇussell and a number of his rivals were vocal i🎶n their feedback about bouncing.

"Quite a lot of bꦑottoming,” Russell complained in FP1.

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He also ℱreported: "I think the bouncing into turns three and nine are worse this run." 

⭕The Mercedes driver wasn’t the only one complaining about bouncing in🃏 the final sequence of corners.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was also vocal: "Car's bouncing under braki🍸ng into 10, and in the las♕t corner.”

After Friday practic💟e in Barcel🐼ona, Russell was asked about the complaints about “bottoming”.

“We were j🍬ust pushing the🐟 ride height of the car to be honest,” Russell explained. “We solved it for the second half of the session by just lifting it a little bit. 

“It was really bumpy through that final corner - just a bit sketchy through there - same for everyone. We will see what we learn tonight. Definitely we can find some gainsꩲ. 

“The🍨re’s a few surprises out there today but I am sure the story will be slightly different tomorrow and again on Sunday. As we know we score points on Sunday so that’s what we’re targeting.”

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain,
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand…

Friday p🦩rac✃tice gave Mercedes another opportunity to extensively test their new upgrade package which was introduced last time out in Monaco.

Russell admitted that Mercedes do not expect “to suddenly set the world on fire” with their new updates for this weeke൲🍌nd.

“It’s only Friday. I think we’ll learn a huge amount and we’ll dig into the data tonight,” he addꦆe🐻d. “We know that we’re not Friday-specialists and we often take a bit of a step on Saturday and Sunday. We are where we are. 

“A lot of people are bringing updates to the car. We weren’t expecting to suddenly set the world on fire. We just need to 💜learn what we can from the info we’ve got and try to forward tomorrow.”

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