Martin Brundle: Struggling Mercedes “painful to watch” in Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Mercedes endured their worst race of the season as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton finished eighth, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was forced to 😼retire due toꦏ an engine-related issue.
Mercedes were sl⭕ow all weeke𝐆nd, struggling with high tyre degradation and a lack of rear grip.
Hamilton was even overtaken by the Alpine of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly, highli𒈔ghting how tough i🦩t was for the team at Interlagos.
Writ🌱ing in his , Brundle gave his thoughts on the race, particularly Mercedes’ strugg🌳les.
“It wasn't a classic race by any means, both Mercedes' of Hamilton and Russell continuing 🤡their poor race pace of Saturday, but for three times as long and it was painful to watch,” he wrote.
“They eventu꧒ally retired Russell, and Hamilton grabbed a few points inꦚ eighth place.”

Brundle was impressed by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez 🌄as he showed signs of ‘rejuvenation’ with some daring overtakes.
“Sergio Perez had already shown his rejuvenated talents on a number of occasions with some deft out-braking manoeuvres while recovering from a poor-ish grid sl꧅ot, and then homed in on Fernando Alonso for the final podium spot. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this battle of high-speed tactics,” he added.
“Alonso was using and placing his car well to frustr🃏ate Perez behind him, in what looked like a much faster car. Their tyre lives were identical and it was a straight fight to the flag.
“The racing would be hard, the defen𒅌sive moves dramatic and bordering on late, but always leaving racing room, for which they would both applaud each other post-race.”

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