MELBOURNE, March 23 — Mercedes endured their worst qualifying session of the season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, leaving seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton...
MELBOURNE, March 23 — Mercedes endured their worst qualifying session of the season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, leaving seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton crushed and team boss Toto Wolff seeing no hope of catching Red Bull in the short term.
Russell’s fastest lap in Q3 was a gaping eight-tenths of a second shy of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen’s best, the Dutchman taking his third pole of the season and fourth in succession. The day had started brightly for Mercedes, with Hamilton fourth quickest, and within a 10th of a second of Ferrari’s pace-setter Charles Leclerc, in the final practice session .“I think our car is on a bit of a knife edge,” he added.