However, Verstappen’s ten-place drop as a result of an engine change means that both Silver Arrows vehicles will move up on Sunday’s starting grid.
“Tomorrow? P3? Yes, I hadn’t considered his punishment! Hamilton remarked, when recounted his beginning position. “
Hmm, yes, generally a positive session.
I think we attempted to foresee the weather conditions admirably well and attempted to be out on the track at the perfect opportunities.
In the end, you’ll look at it and say, “There are certain areas where we.,” like when we were out too early on the last run and were the first out.
Additionally, unlike some of the other vehicles, we did not have a second set of tires.
Other than that, I’m pretty pleased with it. I think we functioned as hard as possible and it was all that we could get.”
Hamilton was asked about Mercedes’ potential in race-trim and how quickly he expects Verstappen to recover from P11, as the weather is expected to turn dry on Sunday.
“Ok, Max will clear his path through beautiful fast,” said the seven-time title holder.
As far as we might be concerned, we simply need to hold our head down and attempt and stand firm on situation.
“I think their vehicle is the fastest here this weekend, or at least on par with McLaren.
I have to try to keep up with the guys ahead of me, but I’ll give it my all and hope that the changes we made will improve things tomorrow.
With respect to Russell, who was 0.349s more slow than Hamilton in Q3, the more youthful Briton said:
“I think it [seventh] was a fair outcome, frankly.
We haven’t been the fastest this weekend, and it hasn’t been easy to predict how the weather will affect the tires and find the ideal balance. “
Yeah, in the end, we weren’t as quick as our rivals, but I think that was probably the right result,” Russell responded, “I think the McLarens will be really quick, I think Max will be really quick,” when asked about his chances on race day.
“However, tyre deg seems pretty enormous around here at the moment, so you know, they may have the fastest car, but I think there are still a lot of opportunities if you can properly care for those tyres.
Let’s wait and see: “I expect it to be difficult to fight for the podium, but it’s… There are going to be opportunities.”
