George Russell has claimed Red Bull are in a “league of their own” as he admits Mercedes are already setting their sights further down the grid. The Silver Arrows struggled over pre-season testing despite getting on top of the porpoising issues which plagued the squad last year.
However, the 25-year-old stressed the Silver Arrows were still confident they could fight with Ferrari and Aston Martin for second. Russell said: “It probably wasn’t the smoothest three days we could have hoped for but I think the lessons we learned from the test, I went back to the UK and I was on the simulator
“The learnings, the findings we found I think is going to put us in a better stead for this weekend. But I think it’s definitely fair to say Red Bull are in a bit of a league of their own this weekend here in Bahrain.
“But I think it will probably be a nice fight for second place between Ferrari and Aston Martin.”
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Russell added: “The fact is we will find out this weekend where we fall out. I think testing is obviously a good indication for all of us but the fact is until we get to qualifying, until we get to the race we will have no idea. I think some teams were surprising how their performance was. I think some teams look fast over a single lap, some teams look faster in the long run.
“But I think it’s important to remember we all try and design a car that’s fastest across a 23-race season and Bahrain is definitely a bit of an outlier. So I don’t think the picture of this weekend will be the full picture for the whole season.”
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