Complicated start Having avoided winning the first GP of the season and eager to collect more points from Andrea Kimi Antonelli after the ‘gift’ he received in Barcelona thanks to the Italian withdrawal, George Russell did not start the Austrian GP weekend on the best of terms. After recording the second fastest time behind Antonelli in the first practice session, the British pilot fell back in the afternoon session and finished the session in sixth place, over six-tenths ahead of his rival. However, analyzing the session on the official F1 channel, Russell explained that he was impressed above all by the performance of the McLarens. Papaya danger “FP1 was a good session for the Mercedes for both of us, but in FP2 the McLarens looked like they were flying to be honest – Russell said – their pace looked pretty good, both on race pace and on a single lap. In FP1 it was the others who had more problems than our strength. I could see from the screens that there were a few cars in the pits: Lando only came out last, Max and Lewis had their problems, which probably made us look better than we actually were. The #63 Mercedes, “The car still looked good in FP1, but the real surprise was the McLarens’ first lap in FP2: they went straight to the top and were their race speeds better than ours, especially from Lando’s point of view? Our tarmac is at 60°C, so it certainly won’t be difficult to warm up the tires, it will be about getting the right balance throughout the entire track.”
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