George Russell knows that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes may encounter ne꧙w problems after the F1 J🌼apanese Grand Prix.

Russell finished fifth at Suzuka on Sunday, one place ahead of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Kimi Antonelli - exactly the positions they had qualified in.

But an issue with temperatures could be looming, ahead of next⭕ weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, which Ruౠssell knows is problematic.

“We haven’t seen the best of McLaren yet,” he told Sky Sports.

“It has🎶 been three cold races, we are wearing jackets.

“When we go to Bahrain and Saudi in 35 degrees, that’s wher💟e we will see those guys excel.

“We have always been pretty strong in the cooler conditions so I am 🌳keeping my feet on the ground.”

Jacques Villeneuve added: “A lot of teams suffer in 💎the heat.

“The cooler it is, the more downforce you have. Everything🌳 works better.

“So it masks the problems that yꦬou have. A good car will still be a good car. But a car with issues will get into a window where the issues are not apparent - until Bahrain.”

George Russell admits flaw 'I wanted to work on'

The Mercedes W16 could, therefore𝔉, face a major test of its performance levels when the heat is quite literally turned♉ up in Bahrain next week, and in Saudi Arabia seven days later.

At the Japanese Gra꧒nd Prix, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ran out as winner ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastr🅠i.

A healthy P5 for Russell keeps him fourth in the drivers’ championship - behind the Japan podium trio, who have won a race🦩 apiece this season so far.

Russell is in best-of-the-rest territory after the first three rounds of the 2025 F1 season, his firs𓆉t as Mercedes’ senior driv🍎er after Lewis Hamilton’s exit.

Russell said about the💜 Japanesღe Grand Prix: “It was really difficult. The last two weekends were an easy one-stop strategy.

“When the circuits get resurfaced, you need to bring softer tyres because that hard tyre can go forever. We pushed so far, so hard, but you couldn’🌳t overtake.

“I didn’t have the pace of the top three but I matched the pace of Cha🌟rles, and I couldn’t get by.

“The last couple of years I have not been consistent myself, and💖 it’s something I wanted to work on. To not have fluc𝐆tuations.

“It has been a solid start to the year. I am happy, I don’t think we could’ve achieved a better result in the first two races. Today P4 probably would ꧋have been a fair result but we came home in P5.”