George Russell says his surprise 16th on the grid for Williams “felt like a pole lap” for the team.
Williams has been the slowest team in qualifying at every round so far this year.
But Russell said he thought after final practice they could get into Q2 for the first time.
“I felt like I did a good lap in [final practice],” George Russell said.
George Russell: “So to come away [16th] on merit ahead of both Racing Points and [Daniel] Ricciardo it really felt like a pole lap for us.”

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