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George Russell has revealed that Mercedes are investigating why he is losing speed in a straight line compared to teammate Kimi Antonelli at the British Grand Prix.

“There was no damage, but all weekend we’ve been losing lots of time in the straights,” he said. “Yesterday in Q3, it was almost three tenths I lost in the straights.

“Again today in qualifying, you look at the speed traps, it’s 3k down middle sector, 6k down in the last sector compared to my teammate and compared to the McLaren cars. The team are working super hard to understand why that is.

“We thought we found the problem this morning and we thought the brakes were locking on, but we’re not convinced that’s the issue, but it just compounds everything, when going into the session knowing you’re at a bit of a disadvantage.”