George Russell (1./1.)
The 22-year-old Englishman jumps in for the sick Lewis Hamilton this weekend. And so far he is doing wonderfully, in the first and second training at GP Sachír he took first place.
“I don’t think today’s times are a bit confusing and don’t tell us the actual distribution of power. I don’t think the second training in my submission was very successful. Especially with more fuel, I was quite bothered.
I still have a lot of work to do, I don’t feel completely comfortable in the car. There are a few improvements to the settings. I think tomorrow will be about something else.
Just because I was first today doesn’t mean it will be tomorrow. Verstappen is extremely fast in long stints. Valtteri was the fastest in the second practice, but lost his best time.
But we’ll see. We will improve, “Russell believes.
Valtteri Bottas (4./11.)
The Finnish pilot was not very successful today. Although he set the fastest time in the second practice, he lost his best time due to getting off the track in the eighth turn and was classified in the final 11th place.
“It was a difficult day for me. In the first practice, I damaged the floor when I hit the curb in the eighth turn. A pretty big piece broke off.
The rest of the first training was useless. The second training went quite well, I didn’t ride any laps on the soft mix, I had half a successful lap, but it was canceled. But at least the ride on longer sections was quite consistent, although Red Bull looked very strong in the middle mix.
George also seems to be strong. I still have work to do, but it’s not bad. Russell provides good feedback, and his times show that he is doing well, ”said Bottas.
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