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and before ANYONE tries those bs claims again about "Russell's not understanding these regs"(😅), Anthony's comments about Russell: "He knows these Power Units inside and out, he knows how to work it." "George is the epitome of a professional" "He's one of the hardest workers I know. ... he looks into every detail. He leaves no stone unturned in the quest for performance. When he's in the factory, he's a driving force to push people further, to look into more details, and he demands perfection"

📊 shows ⬇️ isn't entirely true (RUS's Superclipping deficit to ANT started in Q2, not Q3 | in Q3 run 1, RUS carried more throttle thru Esses but had similar Superclip to T11 compared to 'his' Q2 run 2 | etc.*), but here's more insight into how stupid these regulations are: Anthony Davidson (Mercedes development driver): in Qualifying, George was doing pretty well. Q1, Q2, the lap times were good. In Q3, it all seemed to fall down. So, I asked his engineer, Marcus Dudley, what happened. I was just inquisitive, and he said, well what happened was: he went through the esses, [he] carried great speed through turn five and particularly turn six, where he was more on the throttle. So he carried the speed there on throttle, but by being on throttle and instead of being slightly half throttle or off throttle, you're not now charging the battery. So the drivers are kind of using [...] so if you're off the throttle more in those high-speed corners, charging the battery there was more advantageous to minimize the Superclip down towards Turn 11 where the electrical energy [...]. So he did the great esses, and then arrived down towards turn 11 and was hit with this big Superclip. That messes with his breaking point, turns in too early, because he's going too slow now compared to where you usually are, and sort of messes the apex up of Turn 11. And so you start to understand how annoyingly frustrating these these cars can be to drivers that are naturally very fast in high-speed corners.