Why George Russell has “mixed feelings” after “exceeding expectations” in F1's Baku Sprint Shootout
After trailing Mercedes teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz for fourth.
I🍰t’s a welcome 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.
Russ🎀ell admitted his strong performance on Saturday left him even mo✅re frustrated with how the main qualifying went yesterday.
“Mixed feelings,” he said.🤪 “Firstly, 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 sti♔ll made that mistake yesterday and it showed whatღ was probably possible. You can’t always bring your A-game and it was so close yesterday. It’s an interesting one.
“We alwa♏ys seem to get better as qualifying progresses, we come into 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 c♑an do.”
Hamilton qualified si⛎xth 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 farꦗ ahead.
“A bit unfortunate. I gave it everything - t﷽hat’s all you can ask for.”
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