168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton has conceded that he didn’t have an answer for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell’s level of performance in F1 qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Hamilton could only secure eighth on the grid for Sunday’s race at Imola, two sﷺpots behind teammate George Russell.

The pair were split by the RB of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda as Mercedes’ lacklustre start to the season 🔜continued.

Hamilton has been out-qu💖alified by Russell in 11 of the last 12 races as he continues to struggle over one-lap with the W15.

Reflecting on qualifying at Imola, Hamilton admitted he “couldn’t reach” the level of performance Russell was able to, who qualified within a tenth of the second Ferrari of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz.

“I think George's lap was the maximum pace wi💖se 🌃of what our car could do. I couldn't reach that today,” he said.

“Yesterday 🗹was lookin⭕g strong. But good, positive, to see us pace wise a little bit closer.”

Mercedes’ underwhelming qualifying performance continued a peculiar trend where they fall away pace-wise after imꦕpressing in practice.

The seven-time world champio♏n revealed Mercedes “don’t ♐fully understand” why they excel on Fridays this year.

“That's one t♍hing we don't fully understand is like on Friday, we seem a bit quicker and then on Saturday, we seem to lose a little b♍it time to the others,” he added. “But George was pretty quick out there.

“I think he really got to check the setup this weekend, like he has 💖done most of this this year. For me, it worked differently.”

Assessing his chances in the race, Hamilton hopes to get ahea༺d of Tsunoda quickly before settling in behind the cars ahead.

“Yes, we'll also try ꦛand get Tsunoda if we ca✱n, that'll be helpful,” he added. “And then after that, I think it's really just about managing the tyres and the cars ahead of George are faster. So that's kind of where we are.”