George Russell thinks the description “diva” does not even do justice to how difficult the Mercedes W13 is to drive. Mercedes, eight-time consecutive Constructors’ World Champions, have endured a difficult first five races of the season. They have collected 95 points to sit third in the standings, in a kind of no-man’s land with big gaps to second and fourth, but the campaign has been a largely negative one for them so far. The problem has been the performance of the new car, which ‘porpoises’ and is thought to have the potential to produce much more pace than it does, if only somehow it can be unleashed. Russell has also revealed he has suffered physical pain from the bouncing...
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