Russell: Mercedes behind Ferrari and McLaren so far in F1 testing.
George Russell believes Ferrari and McLaren look “very, very competitive” so far in Formula 1 pre-season testing, leaving Mercedes “behind them at the moment”.
"Some teams are looking pretty fast. A red team and an orange team in particular look very, very competitive. So let's see what tomorrow brings and what we can do between this test and Bahrain."
Asked where he thought Mercedes sat, Russell replied: "Certainly not ahead, [I'm] pretty sure of that.
"They seem to have things well under control and they look very strong, low fuel and high fuel, and with the tyre management.
"Who knows? We all know that we're on different programme's, but we definitely know from the average of all of the different runs, we're behind them at the moment.
I know its only testing but looks like Mc laren are back at the pointy end, also looking good for you Forza.
"When a man holds you round the throat, I don't think he has come to apologise"
Ayrton Senna on Nigel Mansell, SPA 1987.