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And when pushed on whether the team will have to make a lot of changes prior to qualifying, the seven-time world champion added: “I really don’t know, the car was just massively oversteery in that session, which was very odd.”
George Russell, meanwhile, had lined up in second place for the Sprint but lost out to Lando Norris at the start. As the 19-lap encounter progressed he was also overtaken by the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, leaving him down in P5.
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In terms of whether he was surprised by how his pace dropped off during the event, the Briton conceded: “Yeah, I was really surprised, to be honest.
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