“To be sincere when it comes to pure efficiency, it is in all probability been our slowest Friday,” he stated.
“However to be sincere, we had a foul Friday right here final yr and we have been solely, I believe, a tenth from pole ultimately. So type of all nonetheless to play for and I am nonetheless fairly excited to see how Sunday goes to pan out.
“Even when we’re not within the high 5, or high three, tomorrow I nonetheless suppose there could also be a little bit of an opportunity on Sunday, particularly the primary time being as it’s this yr [with the two-stop rule]. We’ll maintain our hopes alive.”
Russell admitted that groups utilizing up onerous units of tyres “was a little bit of a shock to us” and that completely different methods can be at play come the race.
He added: “It is all the time wonderful driving round right here, we weren’t very fast right this moment however tomorrow often is the principle day. However, this weekend, with the mandated two-stop, it is going to be attention-grabbing.”
