Having swung from one development direction to another, George Russell wonders if Mercedes 'overcompensated' with the W15.
George Russell admitted Mercedes 'perhaps overcompensated' with the development direction of the W15 this season.
Both Russell and Hamilton spoke highly of their car’s prospects in pre-season testing, but the results have not yet played out in their favour – with Ferrari and McLaren having made clearer steps forward in 2024. “I think the result we showed today was the maximum but I’m confident tomorrow. We will make a step forward to them.
“We did so much work to solve the problems, we’ve kind of gone too far in that direction – so we know we need to improve, and we need to improve quickly.”When asked if Mercedes know how to solve the new issues with which they find themselves, he responded: “Yeah, we definitely know how to.
“So I think that’s why it’s so difficult when you’re on the back foot to just suddenly make that progress and everybody expects it tomorrow.As for Hamilton, he qualified four hundredths slower than Russell on medium tyres in Q3, Mercedes opting to use the yellow-marked tyres which are in theory slower than the red-marked softs for their final runs.
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