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Russell downplays “deceiving” pace after dominating Friday F1 practice
George Russell believes he isn’t the man to beat going into qualifying despite topping both Friday F1 practice sessions for the Sakhir Grand Prix. Life with Mercedes started off in the best possible fashion for Russell as he set the pace in both practice sessions in Bahrain. Valtteri Bottas had his best lap time in FP2 deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 8, which was 0.2s faster than Russell’s benchmark indicating there’s room for improvement. “Tricky, not an easy track to say the least,” Russell said. ”It’s going to be very tight in quali, in the race it’s going to be carnage. The next two days are important. “It was good to be honest, I’m working with the best...
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