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Mercedes have attempted to fix their race pace issue, says George Russell
George Russell has revealed that Mercedes has made “a lot of changes” to improve their race pace before the F1 Spanish Grand Prix. His strong qualifying form continued at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, securing P4 on the grid for Sunday’s race. Russell has consistently qualified in the top five this year, Monaco being the only exception.
However, he tends to struggle on race day, especially with high temperatures expected for Sunday. Mercedes faces a challenging day ahead. Despite the changes in car setup, the team’s qualifying pace remains unaffected.
Russell is optimistic about the harder tyre allocation favoring them, similar to Bahrain. Tomorrow’s race poses an interesting challenge. The team struggled with overheating on the soft compound in hot conditions but excelled with the hard compound in Bahrain.
Russell finds a slight silver lining in the possibility of improved race pace if the tyres behave differently. Overall, Mercedes is working on enhancing their Sunday performance for the upcoming races.
