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Mercedes needs to find more speed to challenge McLaren in normal conditions, says Russell

Having taken third at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, George Russell praised Mercedes for doing a great job with the strategy, but he thinks that the Brackley-based squad will need to find more speed if it wants to challenge the field-leading McLaren in normal conditions. George Russell was unable to challenge McLaren and Red Bull's Max Verstappen in qualifying, and he started fourth on the grid. The King Lynn-born driver ran fourth for much of the day, but he appeared to be unable to keep up with the pace of the front runners. When the late rain arrived, Russell made the right calls, and he also inherited third when McLaren's Oscar Piastri went off in the closing stages of the...
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