George Russell has 'total faith and confidence' that 'somewhere' in his Mercedes W13 there is a fast car lurking. This year's championship has not gone to plan for Mercedes, the Brackley squad yet to reach the podium in a race in which both the two Ferraris and two Red Bulls have finished. In fact for both of their podiums, Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain and Russell in Australia, they were elevated into the top three through a late-race retirement from Red Bull. Battling to resolve the W13's ‘porpoising' problems, Mercedes are having to give up downforce in order to at least minimise them. But with lost downforce comes lost pace. There was a glimmer of hope in Friday's practice for the...
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