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George Russell overcame Mercedes Formula 1 car trouble to clock the fastest time in the opening practice session for the Miami Grand Prix. On his first lap in Florida, Russell reported a problem with his steering, which was down to the team running a development part. Russell radioed in his discomfort in turning saying it would not matter if he lost half the session while it was fixed. He returned to the track late on - and in the dying embers bolted on a set of Soft tyres to post the fastest time, a 1m30.125s, eclipsing teammate Lewis Hamilton in an encouraging practice for Mercedes. Charles Leclerc was third fastest for Ferrari - ahead of World Champion Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez only 11th in the sister Red Bull. Verstappen immediately fastest The World Champion, and race winner in the inaugural race 12 months ago, was quickly into his stride as he headed out with flow-vis paint and Hard tyres aboard the Red Bull RB19. Verstappen held the fastest ...

Listen to this article The 2021 world champion said on Thursday ahead of the Rio Hondo event that he is battling rear grip issues on the 2023 Yamaha, which led to his comments after the Portuguese GP that he is currently unable to properly race his rivals. Throughout Friday’s two practice sessions in Argentina, Quartararo was constantly spinning his rear tyre as he accelerated and could only go 14th quickest on the combined times. Quartararo therefore faces the Q1 knockout session on Saturday morning in qualifying, with the Frenchman admitting he has “no speed” right now. “The feeling is… the worst thing is the feeling is not so bad, but there are many things with the rear going on, I cannot make corner speed,” he said. “I have no drive, but especially corner speed is something that I’m missing. I’m feeling super rigid on the bike, I don’t feel normal . So, we have to understand...