George Russell says Formula 1's caller circuit successful Madrid "has little borderline than Monaco" arsenic the athletics races determination for the archetypal clip astatine the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Mercedes operator acceptable the gait successful archetypal signifier astatine the Madring - a street-circuit benignant way built astir an accumulation centre adjacent the Spanish capital's airport.
"I would enactment this arsenic a circuit that has little borderline than Monaco," said Russell, who was 0.286 seconds faster than team-mate Kimi Antonelli successful 2nd place. "Purely due to the fact that of the speed.
"In Monaco, the walls are closer, but due to the fact that you're going acold slower, if you marque a mistake, you're not into the partition arsenic quickly, and you tin retrieve it sometimes, a tiny lock-up."
Russell was speaking a mates of hours earlier a signifier league that ran incident-free.
A fewer drivers brushed the wall, including Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, but no-one damaged their car.
Russell said: "There's a batch of truly accelerated corners, but the obstruction is benignant of similar coming backmost onto the track. So, if you are to spell wide and deed the wall, you're not hitting it benignant of astatine the aforesaid space arsenic the car is going. The partition is benignant of coming successful astatine you."
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