George Russell says Mercedes doesn’t understand why it is quickest in Friday practice at the Miami Grand Prix, but still had its most productive day of practice so far this season. Russell was second in FP1 and then topped FP2 at a race where Mercedes has brought upgrades to its front wing endplates, rear wing and beam wing. He is the only driver to dip below the 1m30s mark. “We don’t really understand…why we sort of hit the ground running,” Russell said. “We always knew ahead of this weekend that the conditions should suit us better because we have been struggling a lot with tire warm-up, even in Bahrain where the track was really rough, but this is the first real hot...
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