168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was left baffled by his Mercedes’ performance after practice at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Russell was 10th on the timesheet on Friday, with new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Kimi Antonelli 16th.

The McLarens, the Ferraris and the Raci𒉰ng Bulls locked out the top six in practice to offer a hint about ꧋what might come on Saturday.

Russell was perplexed by the tyౠre perform꧋ance of his W16.

“It𒁏 was a r𓂃eally up and down day,” he told Sky Sports.

“Every time we had the medi🦹um or hard tyre on, we were right in the top two of the timesheet. Every lap felt good.

“We were ♋[almost] faster on the hard than the soft! When we put the soft on, we didn’t go much quicker.

“Clearly there is a bit of pace🔯 in the car. It’s just getting the most out of the t🅷yres.

“We need to understand why that is.”

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George Russell turns to Mercedes engineers

Russell saved a potential crash at Turn 4, and reacted: “I was pushing the lim﷽its a little too much. It’s a great track here, and a fast one.”

The Mercedes driver 🌌admitted his hopes for qualifying rest upon his engineers on Friday night.

“Let’s se💛e what we can achieve overnight,” he said.

“If the session stopped after the hard or medium tyre in FP1, I’d say 💝‘yes definitely, we are there or thereabouts’.

“But you don’t qualify on the hard or medium, you qualify on the soft, and we arꦗe not competitive there.

“We need to find some time.”

For🦋 Antonelli, his first practice day as a full-time F1 driver meant learning the ropes with the Pirelli tyres.

“It was quite a positive day,” he said.

“There is some work to do o♔n a single lap, getting the tyres into the right window.

“Overall I🐠 felt pretty good. I did a little mist🌱ake at the end.

I am gaining confidence,🃏 lap by lap. My long run was positive.

“The C5 is a compound that I’ve never r🐲eally used. I am learning it. The warm-up is trick🌼y. But we have good data for tomorrow.”