George Russell claims Williams have sped up

George Russell believes that the gap between Williams and the rest of the teams on the track has started to get smaller. Russell and Robert Kubica are still by far a long way off the other teams but during yesterdays practise sessions the gap looked smaller. Bahrain is a track which suits Williams more than others but they will hope that they continue to decrease the time difference every weekend. 

“I enjoy driving in Bahrain it’s a really nice track with a good flow to it,” said Russell to thechekeredflag. “I think we are very slightly closer, as the circuit generally suits the team more than others, but we are where we expected.

“FP1 was quite a challenge, however, I think everybody was struggling out there in the hot conditions. FP2 was much nicer to drive but the lap-times are still a long way off and we have a lot of work to do.

“Whilst we are in this position we need to use it to optimise everything else so when the car does become competitive we are ready to pounce.”

It is still expected that Williams will be well of the pace during the race, however, it can only be positive that the gap is decreasing.