168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was frustrated to miss out on the chance to reach the final part of qualifying for the F1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.

The Mercedes driver failed to join teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in SQ3 after missꦦing out on ♎the top-10 by just 0.038s, leaving him only 11th on the grid.

Russell had a scrappy first lap as he struggled to generate temperature into his medium tyres before a late rai❀n shower scuppered his hopes of improving.

“It wasn’t easy, at all,” Russell told Sky Sports F1. “That lap in Q2, we tried sending it as early as we couꦓld.

“We got stuck behind 12 cars ahead of us, just sat in the pitlane. So we lost tyre te൩mperature.

“It 🌱was close. Just one more t🦹enth and you are four or five positions higher.

“Obviously, a sh𒐪ame to be on the bottom end of that. We have got a chance to recover🅰 in the sprint race.”

With Hamilton going on to claim a spot on the front row alongside McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, Russell was left to rue his abse𝓰nce fromꦐ a wild SQ3.

“I was a little f🍃rustrated after the first lap. It𝐆 was so close to getting into [S]Q3,” he explained.

“Challenging conditions, ඣthe rainfall now… who knows what could 🍬have happened in Q3?

“In th𓆏e sprint race, we can recover some positions. Then we’ve got another chance in qualifying.”

Ru🀅ssell added: “The grip isꦍ really low here compared to what we expected, for everybody.

“The lap time is three or four seconds lower than anticipated. There are no junior series here like F2 or F3 to help rubber the track in. Everyone is slipping and sliding ar♔ound.

“We’ve only done practice on the hard tyre, only two laps in qualifying on the medium tyre. It is ꦏchallenging to judge.

"We have a chance tomorrow t𝔉o make twe🐲aks overnight.”