the british pilot George Russell Credit was given to his Mercedes works team on Saturday for second place What did he get in qualifying? Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix.
“The team gave us a great car this weekend. A lot of hard work paid off this week. I have to take off my hat“said the driver who will start second tomorrow at the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome by signing a time of 1:18.079 in qualifying, behind Dutchman Max Verstappen, from Red Bull, owner of the ‘pole position’.
Russell was one of the most popular pilots after the first two days of activity in Mexico City. The 24-year-old Briton was the best of the last two free practices, the only ones he participated in as Dutchman Nyck de Vries took him out in the first.
Russell, fourth in the drivers’ championship with 218 points, is dreaming in Mexico to close the gap on local Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, third in the drivers’ table, with 265 units.
“We brought some improvements from Austin (last week’s race) they paid, but here the drag is less important. Red Bull always makes us a lot of difference in the laps, but here it’s not the problem,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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