Russell had a tough begin to qualifying when he crashed on his first lap after locking up on the entry to the lengthy Luffield right-hander.
Though the incident broke his entrance wing, he was capable of return to the pits for repairs and get again out to qualify for the second session.
However he lagged behind Antonelli all through, and though there was lower than 0.1secs separating the Mercedes drivers after their first runs, the hole opened when Russell didn’t enhance and Antonelli lopped 0.274secs off his.
Russell stated: “Yesterday I used to be confused, however trying on the information we realised I used to be shedding all my pace on the straight.
“Yesterday it was a few tenths. We thought we might discovered the difficulty within the morning, however it turned out to be a little bit of a bum learn and identical once more immediately.
“Simply trying on the pace traps I used to be about 6km/h down within the final sector, 3km/h down within the mid-sector. Not simply to Kimi, to all of the Mercedes-powered vehicles. We do not know what is going on on. The group are working onerous to seek out out what it’s however it makes it irritating. For the time being we do not know what the difficulty is or how we will resolve it.”
Verstappen stated he was additionally struggling with a thriller straight-line pace subject.
“Two issues, the entire session: In fact not an excellent steadiness however on the identical time terribly gradual on the straight for no matter cause, even in comparison with the opposite automobile,” he stated.
“We could not repair it from the primary run to the top. If you end up gradual on the straight right here, you’re extra full throttle, you burn extra battery and it is rather like a spiral and it will get worse and worse to the top of the lap. It is like a double whammy. It’s extremely painful. It is one thing we have to perceive for tomorrow.”
