Willow Springs has hosted various forms of motor racing since it first opened in 1953.
And Mercedes continued to flex their muscles as Russell delivered a 1:12.
”Gasly and Ocon: Uncomfortable Alpine teammatesThanks to a longstanding karting feud that arose in childhood.
The rise of McLaren and Ferrari – winners in Miami and Monaco respectively – has coincided with an alarming blip for Perez.
but it was Russell who took pole position after setting an identical lap time to Max Verstappen in Q3 – but held onto pole after setting a 1:12.
with Sergio Perez being knocked out in Q1 and the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz eliminated in Q2.