Mercedes fears over Ferrari pace realised - Russell

George Russell admitted Mercedes' fears about Ferrari's likely strong pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix materialised in a Friday practice dominated by their world championship rivals.

Mercedes lead the world championship battles with eight wins from 10 races so far but the tight and twisty nature of Hungaroring had led to suggestions in the build-up to this event that Ferrari, the winners of the season's other two grands prix and whose car's strengths lie in cornering, could be the ones to beat this weekend.