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F1 Testing: Russell record for Mercedes
he Hungaroring's track record was broken for the second time in as many days as Mercedes protege George Russell clocked the fastest time of Budapest testing as F1 signed off from track action for three weeks. Ferrari tester Antonio Giovinazzi had set a new unofficial benchmark with a 1:15.6 on Tuesday but Britain's Russell lowered that by a tenth on the same hypersoft tyres on Wednesday afternoon, stopping the clocks in a record 1:15.575 time. The 20-year-old, who leads the F2 championship, has strongly been linked with race seats at Williams and Force India for 2019 in recent days. Giovinazzi flies on Day One Kimi Raikkonen had set the morning pace for Ferrari and nearly matched Russell's...
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