“Buzzing” Russell ‘needs to understand’ shock Hungary F1 pole

The Briton was almost a second off the pace of the Ferraris down in eighth after Friday’s running, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton expressing shock at how inconsistent the 2022 Mercedes was from track to track.

A wet FP3 did nothing to boost Mercedes morale with Russell constantly complaining of a lack of grip on both the intermediate and wet tyres.