Russell sees Red Bull “with a 0 second lead” over Mercedes in Abu Dhabi, but aims for the top-3

Russell sees Red Bull “with a 0 second lead” over Mercedes in Abu Dhabi, but aims for the top-3


George Russell made a quick assessment of Mercedes’ performance against that of Red Bull and Ferrari in this Friday’s free practice (18) in Abu Dhabi, and put the bulls ahead




Russell sees Red Bull “with a 0 second lead” over Mercedes in Abu Dhabi, but aims for the top-3

definitely the Mercedes is another team from the start of the 2022 season of Formula 1And George Russell believes the German outfit can fight for the top three in Saturday’s standings, for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix🇧🇷 Immediately after this Friday’s free practice (18th), the winner of GP of Sao Paulo she said the day was all about learning with an eye to the coming year.

In both sessions of the day, Russell finished second. In the first training session, he was beaten by his teammate, Lewis Hamiltonin 0s220, while, in the second session, it was late Max Verstappen from 0s341.

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George Russell bets on Mercedes' top-3 in the standings

“I think we had a very good day in terms of learning,” explained the rider. “We tried a lot of things, especially from me, during FP1, aiming for 2023. This is one of our last test opportunities,” he underlined.

Then, Russell explained that the change in temperature from one session to another made the track completely different, but it could be noted that the Red Bull it’s still a little further.

“In FP2 obviously the track temperature is lower, the track has changed completely. It seemed fast but I think Red Bull has an advantage over us. In just one lap it’s probably 0s2 [mais rápidos], perhaps even more over long periods. So we have some work to do overnight, but compared to Ferrari it seems reasonable.”

“I think we will fight for this [bater a Red Bull]🇧🇷 I like to think we can fight for the top three in the standings, and who knows where Sunday might take us”.

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