George Russell and Lewis Hamilton believe the progress achieved by Mercedes in Barcelona could allow them to take the battle to Ferrari in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The Mercedes duo achieved its best qualifying year-to-date in Saturday's qualifying at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Russell clocking in P4 and Hamilton two spots behind in P6. Contrary to Miami where the Silver Arrow's Friday pace proved a flash in the pan, Mercedes was able to carry the W13's improved speed over to FP3 and to qualifying, a positive performance that validates the team's latest upgrades which have significantly mitigated the W13's chronic porpoising issues. But despite the performance upswing, Russell...
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