On a Saudi Friday characterized by collective fear of the terrorist attack organized by the rebels Houthiwho fired a missile at an Aramco facility not far from the Jeddah runway, on the latter Mercedes started the weekend with not very encouraging sporting results. The Anglo-German team, in fact, can only console itself thanks to the performance of Lewis Hamilton during PL2, which closed with a 5th place synonymous with the best result of the day for the team. Even earlier, at the end of PL1, the ranking had played an even more worrying performance for the new signing of the team, George Russelleven arrived 15 °.
The Briton, who subsequently improved his performance with a 6th place in the afternoondid not specifically focus on the difficulties that emerged during the tests, ‘limiting’ himself to recognizing the disadvantage of the direct opponents and loading himself up to the maximum in view of Saturday’s qualifying, scheduled at 18:00 Italian: “It’s good to be back in Jeddah – he has declared – on an extremely fast and exhilarating circuit for the drivers, but we are still experiencing the same problems we faced last weekend in Bahrain. We know we still have a lot of work to do to close the gap on Red Bull and Ferrari. We will be fighting to maximize our points opportunities this weekend and give our best in qualifying. Here anything can happenso it is important to stay in close contact with the top of the standings to get as many points as possible “.
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