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Mercedes weakness to Red Bull exposed

Ian Parkes Saturday 8 October 2022 13:34 George Russell believes Suzuka has greatly exposed Mercedes' weakness in its bid to return to the front in F1 and consistently battle Red Bull and Max Verstappen. The Japanese Grand Prix circuit was always expected to play to the strengths of the RB18, and so it proved as Verstappen clinched pole by 0.010secs from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with Carlos Sainz a further 0.047s back. Mercedes duo Russell and Lewis Hamilton start eighth and sixth respectively but the British pair were both a second behind Verstappen as the W13 suffered around Suzuka. Hamilton lines up a place behind Alpine's Esteban Ocon whose team-mate Fernando Alonso is ahead of...
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