George Russell explains what went wrong in Q3 at Madring
George Russell has explained his poor qualifying performance in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix, having ended up a lowly sixth while Mercedes team-mate and title rival Kimi Antonelli took second. Russell set the pace in Q1 at Madrid’s new street circuit but failed to improve as significantly as his opponents in the next two segments. He was sixth-quickest, some three tenths down on his ... Keep…
George Russell was fastest in the first free practice session at the Madring circuit with a time of 1:34.077. Kimi Antonelli finished second and Charles Leclerc third.
Behind Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, with Max Verstappen fifth, more than six tenths of a second behind Russell. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished sixth and eighth respectively.
The session, the first at the new Madring track, passed without major incident, although there were instances of impeding, including by Lewis Hamilton, according to Yahoo Sports.
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