Russell only managed eighth in Saturday’s quali⛎fying after struggling on hꩲis final lap in Q3.

It did൲ look like Mercedes would be contend⛄ers for pole after surging up the order in Q2.

However, it didn’t come together for Mercedes as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton could o꧋nly set the sixth-f💙astest time of the session.

Reflecting on qualifying in Mexico, Russell blamed poor tyre preparation for Mercedes’ lacklustre Q3 performan🌠ce.

“We tried something slightly different with the tyres ♕to get a bit more performance and just under hit it, the tyres were too cold and weren’t working,” he said. 

“It’s🍸 really frustrating this weekend because it’s been so up and down like a yo-yo. At one point we were the quickest in FP3, Q2 we were first and third and then in Q1, Q3 we were nowhere. I think that goes for most drivers on the grid. 

“I think there were very few drivers, probably Danny [Ricciardo], who was the most consistent driver throughout that session w🐠hereas everyone was up and down. 

“Unfortunately we were down when it mattered.”

Russell expanded further on how critical gett꧂ing the tyres into the right window was to a good result, highli✃ghting Mercedes’ form in Q2 relative to Q3.

“It’s not really down to the car because if you take qualifying as an example,” he added. “The car doesn't change at all, the only thing that changes is how the tജyre interacts with the temperature, the out lap, a bit of traffic on your out lap. 

“It just transforms i🐽t. It’s really frustrati꧙ng when it’s like that. 

“At the end of the ൲day we got it wrong, others got it right so we can’t be throwing our toys out of the pram but it’s a real shame as we had  high expectations for this weekend.”