Russell surprised to top times in Dutch F1 GP sprint

Morning Adrian, how are you? This is what Nico drew. Can we get you to just... Can we just get to show it to the camera? Nico drew this tree. Clover, are we saying it's a clover when you tried? Maybe. Maybe. And signed also with his racing number. And you've got it done. Yes. You said you would. What was it like when you were getting it tattooed? Is it what you were expecting, that sort of image? No. What did the tattoo guy said, you know? Like, did he say are you sure about it? Like, did he... You know, it's been a little while since I've been top of time sheets in any session, to be honest. I can't even remember the last time. So it's good to remind myself I still got it and haven't forgotten how to drive. And the brake, you know, came at a good point. Of course, it's only the sprint session. Still got the job to do tomorrow. The main qualifier is going to be the key one. And McLaren look really fast. Ferrari look quick. It's been a real surprise to us as a team these past couple of races. But yeah, we're in a good spot. A good qualifying close between all the teams, which is exactly what we expected. But yeah, just, of course, a little bit disappointing to be P2 instead of P1. It's always good steps in the right direction. And especially after such a long break, you kind of want that feeling to start the second half. So it was a good effort. Unfortunately, we just missed Paul. But at least we are more or less in the next. Yeah, just the soft lap wasn't quite as good. And I feel like it's often the case this year that you put the soft tire on and it's not quite as nice as the balance you have on the medium. But no, compared to where I was this morning in practice, much happier. A little bit too much entry speed in the last corner in that lap one and lost the rear and went through the gravel. And yeah, that was pretty much it. And then obviously also was not easy to build the confidence back, but, you know, still still decently close. And we'll have another go tomorrow. I guess we out qualified one car. But yeah, just a bit tricky to find the grip, the balance. I mean, it was already a step forward from from FP1. But of course, still lacking a little bit to get to be a little bit further up the road. Not a good session, unfortunately. This is the way it is. P1 felt good. We made subtle adjustments to the car, but then we got into qualifying. It was a completely different car. So need to figure out what went wrong. And then, yeah, we'll do our best tomorrow. There's a lot, obviously, to learn today. But so far, honestly, it feels I feel quite good in the car. So, yeah, I was honestly feeling OK through qualy. I thought we'd get through. So it's a shame. Pretty satisfied the performance I had in qualifying, this spring qualifying. Obviously, a couple more things I can improve. But, you know, like this kind of format, you want to gradually build. Yeah. I think it's very early days and probably a little bit immature, a little bit of the controls, etc. So, yeah, it's a sprint weekend. On a normal weekend, we have three practices to nail the package. Obviously, on the sprint, we need to to deal with the situation in today's qualifying and tomorrow in the sprint race. We try to understand also a few things.