How Russell led the line
Tiny things can swing a Formula 1 race weekend. Consider the Mercedes team at Imola. It would only have taken a few things going slightly differently and its whole weekend may well have been altogether rosier – although still far from gaining a glittering result.
The Silver Arrows were struggling badly for tyre warm-up in the cool, wet conditions across the event. The new car rules have made it much harder for the teams to deploy their previous trick of using high brake temperatures to heat
