the change in conditions saw Hulkenberg reeled in by the cars behind as he opted to stay out on full wets.
Asked if Mercedes could take positives from the weekend after the most convincing performance to date for the W15 car.
“And it doesn’t seem that Lewis has his anger behind the wheel that he’s had in the past and hopefully he gets it back at Ferrari.
Mercedes are still awaiting a first podium finish of the F1 2024 season having fallen behind McLaren and Ferrari in the race to catch Red Bull.
Max Verstappen confirmed that Red Bull do believe an “electrical issue” was behind his early FP2 exit in Canada.
but with Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc winning last time out in Monaco – Ferrari and McLaren seemingly having closed the gap on Red Bull – Sainz said these opportunities make it hard for him to give thought to next season.
It’s only the second time since F1 introduced the third millisecond in qualifying that there has been a dead heat for pole position – but Russell will be thrilled to have got his lap in first and to have secured pole in such a way.
Zhou and Bottas both enter the final year of their current contracts with their team this season
“The car was feeling great all weekend and as soon as I got to qualifying that kind of vanished for me