In an interview with Sky, George Russell, the driver of the Mercedes, said that the improved version of the car that Mercedes brought to the pre-season tests in Bahrain is extremely bouncy and not comfortable.
The seven-time champions, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, had an identical opinion when it came to the new car that Mercedes brought to the pre-season tests in Bahrain.
Namely, they were both of the same attitude, and that is that the new car is bouncing in the direction and is not as comfortable as it seemed.
“He’s definitely jumping a lot; he’s not the most comfortable,” Russell said.
Russell also added that comfort does not play a big role for him if the performance is satisfactory, but since that is not the case this time, he believes that Red Bull and Ferrari are one step ahead of Mercedes and that they have a lot of work to do next week.
At the moment, I don’t care about comfort if performance is there, but at the moment, performance isn’t there and we seem to be one step behind our rivals. We have a lot of work to do next week, but Red Bull and Ferrari look a step ahead of us, “said the Briton.
Among other things, Russell stated that he does not think that the competitors are exceptional, but that they are not as competitive as they would like, and that he believes that the effect is there, but that they need to find it.
I don’t think they are exceptional. I don’t think we are as competitive as we would like to be. As things stand now, Red Bull looks incredibly strong, Ferrari is really solid… More work awaits us. This is a long competition, and I believe that the effect is somewhere… We just have to find it, “says Russell.
