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…

Russell a🔯nd a number of his rivals were vocal in their feedback about bouncing.

"Quite a lo♏t of bottoming,𒐪” Russell complained in FP1.

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He also report♔ed: "I think the bouncing into turns three and nine are worse thi🐠s run." 

The 🅰Me💦rcedes driver wasn’t the only one complaining about bouncing in the final sequence of corners.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen was also voca♔l: "Car's bouncing under braking into 10, and in the last♏ corner.”

After Friday practice in Barcelona, Russell was a🦩sked about the complaints a🌳bout “bottoming”.

“We were just 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 fi♓nal corner - just a bit sketchy through there - same for everyone. We will see what we learn tonight. Definitely we can find some gain🍃s. 

“There’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 wh꧙at 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 practice gave Mercedes another opportunity to extensively test their new upgrade pacꦯkage which was introduced last time out in Monaco.

Russell a꧃dmitted that Mercedes do not expect “to suddenly set the world on ღfire” with their new updates for this weekend.

“It’s o🦩nly Friday. I think we’ll learn a huge amount and we’ll dig into the data tonight,” he added. “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 expectin꧃g 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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