In Miami, the Mercedes team had the worst qualifying of the season – George Russell showed the sixth fastest time and Lewis Hamilton did not reach the final. In the race, George and Lewis came back to finish fourth and sixth, but team boss Toto Wolff has no explanation for the difference in the car’s competitiveness in qualifying and in the race.
“This is the peculiarity of our car – we had good Friday practice, then a very difficult qualifying, but in the race we showed very good pace,” Racingnews365 quoted Toto Wolff as saying. – However, a good pace is not enough for us – the team needs to understand the reason for the lack of speed in a fast lap.
After the race we have no reason to be happy, despite a more successful Sunday. To compete with Red Bull and other teams we have to start ahead, but we are still a long way from that right now.
Lewis did a great job in the race. Because the car was not easy to control, he started thirteenth, but then climbed through the pack. Closer to the finish he had a fast pace, which allowed him to overtake Ferrari. Lewis finished sixth after starting from thirteenth – he’s done very, very well.”
Source: F1 News
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