Mercedes have seemingly been dragged backwards in the competitive order, instead of reeling in those ahead. JapaneseGP 🇯🇵 F1
The Briton will line up eighth on the grid at Suzuka, two places behind his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.Esteban Ocon an excellent fifth and Fernando Alonso in seventhThat represents a scenario Russell had not envisaged, with Mercedes usually having their sights set on Red Bull and Ferrari, who have won all 17 races this season between them, rather than looking over their shoulder at the battle for fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship being waged by Alpine and McLaren.
“[We are] losing a lot of time on the straights – nothing to do with the engine, just aerodynamically we are pretty draggy. As it stands, I don’t think we are in with a shot of fighting the front four.
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