Russell, who heads into the weekend trailing Antonelli by 66 factors within the championship, had earlier than follow descried the Madring as “much less margin than Monaco, purely due to the pace”.
He mentioned: “In Monaco, the partitions are nearer, however since you’re going far slower, in the event you make a mistake, you are not into the wall as shortly, and you may recuperate it generally, a small lock-up.
“There’s loads of actually quick corners, however the barrier is form of like coming again on to the observe. So, if you’re to go large and hit the wall, you are not hitting it form of on the identical angle because the automobile goes. The wall is kind of coming in at you.”
Russell singled out Turns 5, Seven and 17. Leclerc went off into the run-off space in 17.
Russell mentioned: “One other ingredient of the problem right here, which in all probability will not trigger main crashes, however I feel there will be loads of lock-ups.
“You have obtained three corners the place you are turning and braking, and in the event you lock up, the wall is true in entrance of you, which may be very harking back to the nook in Baku, Flip 15. You already know, the one down the hill the place lots of people go off.”
There may be additionally a bit of high-speed swerves, Russell mentioned, which is analogous to the quick Jeddah avenue observe in Saudi Arabia.
The drivers’ fears about potential crashes had been underlined by an fiery accident in Components 2 follow involving Thai driver Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, who was unhurt within the incident.
