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Russell wasn’t pleased firstly, being picked off by Hamilton after which Leclerc. However he performed the lengthy sport and was coming again into it late on, chasing down Hamilton. As soon as previous his former group mate, he watched as Leclerc obtained Verstappen on the Security Automotive restart. Within the slipstream, he dived down the within into Flip 1 however made contact with the Dutchman. Additional contact adopted on a subsequent lap when Verstappen appeared to gradual to let Russell by way of, having solely stored the place by operating off observe within the authentic incident. However ultimately Russell made his means into fourth, operating out of time to chase down Leclerc for the rostrum.
Antonelli regarded on for factors right this moment regardless of shedding out firstly as he ran large, however his race ended within the gravel after an obvious Energy unit situation for his second DNF in three races.
George Russell, 4th
“We completed the place we began right this moment and P4 was most likely the perfect we might have achieved right this moment. The final 10 laps noticed loads of motion, however I’m annoyed about my efficiency on lap one. I made an excellent begin however dropped again from there and each Ferraris obtained forward of me. I felt like Charles (Leclerc) was reachable right this moment, however issues obtained shuffled a bit with the Security Automotive and, after contact with Verstappen, it was a bit an excessive amount of of an ask to trace him down.
“Total, we will come away from Barcelona happy with a few of the progress we now have seen this weekend. Ending P4 is kind of according to the place we now have been racing for the reason that starting of the season, so it feels good to be again in that space tempo clever after two tough races. Sadly, we’re nonetheless a great distance from the leaders, however we’re taking steps ahead. We shall be trying to proceed making progress subsequent day trip in Canada.”
Kimi Antonelli, DNF
“I’m upset with how right this moment’s race went. It was a tough Grand Prix with the new temperatures impacting the tyres. Despite the fact that we did loads of long term work in FP1 and FP2 on Friday, it was nonetheless a wrestle to take care of them and hold an honest tempo. Nonetheless, I nonetheless felt good within the automobile. I had good tempo on the Medium tyres and I used to be placing in constant lap instances. It was due to this fact a disgrace to finish the day with a DNF.
“Total, it has been a tough triple header for us. Now although we now have a while to reset. I’m actually wanting ahead to heading to Montreal for my first Canadian Grand Prix. It’s a completely different observe and a special tarmac to right here in Barcelona. We’re additionally on the reverse finish of the Pirelli vary by way of the compounds. We’ll take every thing we now have discovered over the previous three weeks, analyse and are available again stronger in two weeks’ time.”
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
“That was a tough weekend for us total. We usually wrestle quite a bit in hotter situations and tyre administration is our major situation when the tarmac is as sizzling because it was like right here in Barcelona. P4 for George is clearly not the place we need to be racing however it’s a higher end result than we thought was potential pre-race. Sadly, Kimi didn’t have the prospect to attain factors as a result of his Energy Unit failure.
“We now have time to delve into all the information collected all through the weekend and concentrate on unlocking the potential of the automobile. We all know there are clear areas that we have to work on. We have to get on prime of our tyre overheating challenges. Happily, there may be nonetheless an extended technique to go within the season, and we’re decided and can hold working onerous to make progress with the automobile.”
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director
“As anticipated, we confronted a very popular observe in Barcelona right this moment and the tyre overheating problem didn’t spare us. George might have been within the combat for the rostrum although; his tempo regarded adequate to shut on the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc within the final laps however with the tyres overheating, it was onerous for him to get shut sufficient to try a cross. With the unlucky lack of positions on the opening lap, battling again to P3 was simply an excessive amount of of a stretch.
“Kimi in the meantime had a tricky afternoon. He was affected by some instability within the high-speed corners, which is not ideally suited in these sizzling situations. His race tempo was strong however there have been just a few factors within the race the place he needed to drop into visitors, which price total time. Sadly, he misplaced oil strain in his closing stint and his automobile switched off at Flip 10. We do not know the basis explanation for that situation but; the Energy Unit shall be returned to Brixworth for investigation. It is at all times disappointing to lose a automobile from the factors with a reliability situation; we have not been robust sufficient in that space during the last three races so we might want to deal with that urgently.
“We have a while now to regroup after what has been a difficult triple header, however we shall be working onerous to return again robust in Montreal.”
