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Russell didn’t have a great first lap in the Sprint, losing out to Norris. From there on in he seemed to struggle with tyre wear more than his rivals, and lost out to the Ferraris as well. Meanwhile Hamilton was suffering from some sort of mechanical issue, and although he picked off the Haas to move up a place, he couldn’t close in on his ailing team mate.
But worse was to come for the seven-time world champion, as that car issue seemingly returned in qualifying. He lost his only lap time on new soft tyres in Q1 to track limits after struggling to keep his car inside the lines and exited at the first time of asking. The Mercedes woes continued on the other side of the garage too, with Russell crashing heavily late on in Q3. He was okay, but the resultant yellow flags meant no one else was able to complete their second flying laps out there.
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