Russell Raises Concerns Over Tyre Degradation at Madring Race

George Russell has spent plenty of time this season worrying about Mercedes’ rivals. But after Friday’s opening day of running at Madrid’s brand-new Madring, the Briton sees a recurring theme taking center stage on Sunday: tyre degradation. Russell ended Friday with a mixed bag of results, topping the opening practice session before slipping to fifth in FP2 as Kimi Antonelli, Ferrari and Racing Bulls’ Arvid Lindblad shuffled him down the order. But beneath Mercedes’ encouraging pace lurked a far less comfortable question: just how badly will the Madring punish Pirelli’s compounds over race distance? And Russell has already seen enough…