Russell: Mercedes needs more time to fine-tune its latest upgrade
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George Russell says Singapore's back-to-back running gave Mercedes useful information, but the team still needs to fine-tune its latest upgrade's set-up.
George Russell says Mercedes still needs more time to get the most from its latest upgrade. At Thursday's media day in Austin ahead of the United States Grand Prix, he said the set-up still needed fine-tuning.
Russell said the major package Mercedes brought to Malaysia had not performed as hoped. Back-to-back running in Singapore gave the team useful information, he said, and Mercedes remained confident the upgrade was the right way forward.
Russell also pointed to the competition: he described Red Bull as extremely strong, said McLaren had been strong at other races and noted Ferrari also had upgrades. The United States Grand Prix's traditional format gives Mercedes three full practice sessions to work on the set-up; Russell said the team wants to get back on top.
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