A huge part of setting a good lap at the Baku Street Circuit is the slipstream; if a driver has one on the main straight, they can gain around half a second in lap time. George Russell qualified fifth in Baku ahead of team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton after he took advantage of a tow from the seven-time champion, who started race in seventh behind Pierre Gasly. It was a relief for the Silver Arrows having looked inconsistent throughout practice, but frustration still arrives in the fact that they are over a second off the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull, who locked out the front two rows for the sixth time this season. The 24-year-old described his session as “mixed,” and maintained that...
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