George Russell fears that Mercedes will struggle to end their winless streak at the Japanese Grand Prix tomorrow and predicts that Ferrari and Red Bull could dominate the podium again.
Lewis Hamilton was the quickest of the Mercedes in this morning's Japanese GP qualifying, placing sixth, almost a second slower than champion elect Max Verstappen on pole. Tomorrow's race seems to be another battle between Red Bull and Ferrari with Charles Leclerc just one tenth of a second behind Verstappen.
Russell comes into the weekend fourth overall in the drivers championship but him and team-mate Hamilton remain without a race win. And the Brit fears they might be short of pace in Japan again.
