🗣️'Signs are promising going into the race.' P3/4 on the CanadianGP grid for MercedesAMGF1 and GeorgeRussell63 is focussed on repeating the team's double-podium success from Spain ⬇️
, a breakthrough result that vindicated the Brackley team's mid-season change of car concept.
Russell thinks he and Hamilton have found the race pace to repeat that performance on the vastly different Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. "P5 is a good place to start from and I see no reason why we can't fight for a double podium again," Russell said when asked by Autosport about the team's prospects in the race.looked surprisingly competitive in their long-run pace, maybe question marks over their fuel load.
"But we were just a small step behind Verstappen, ahead of [Fernando] Alonso, ahead of [Sergio] Perez at least yesterday in FP2.Photo by: Francois TremblayWhen Autosport asked Hamilton how many unknowns Mercedes was still facing over its race pace ahead of what is expected to be a dry grand prix, he replied:"Not too many.
"We had a long run yesterday, but it was at the beginning of the session when the track was much slower."Hopefully our race pace is stronger than what our pace showed today, so hopefully we're fighting the top two drivers Alonso and Max tomorrow.
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