Even the Baku appointment does not seem to be the turning point of the Mercedes, constantly slower than Ferrari and Red Bull in this first part of the season. For the Silver Arrows the spoils collected in qualifying tell of a third row with George Russell – fifth – and a fourth row with Lewis Hamilton – seventh. The gap of the first of the Mercedes is more than 1 ″ 3 e Toto Wolff has no illusions: “The gap is big compared to the opponents. The ride is long and we lack speed all over the place“. For the Anglo-German team also the thought of the summons by the Commissioners for Lewis Hamiltonfor having slowed too much during Q2.
The British champion is convinced that he will not incur a penalty: “I have no worries. I was off the line and we are required to stay within a time limit and me I was within this delta time“. Hamilton honestly admitted to Sky Uk who was simply waiting for the right wake to tag along: “Within that time limit I should be able to drive at the speed I want, plus I was off the line and not hindering anyone. I was just looking for a trail because we are very slow on the straight, but whoever was behind me didn’t want to get in front. So I left and made my rounds“. Hamilton thus finished in sixth place, finishing for the third consecutive time behind teammate George Russell, bringing Saturday’s total count to 3-5 in favor of the young teammate.
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