Russell will be upset he didn't retain his FP1 performance but I guess I should be happy I stuck with Verstappen in pole... and guess who but Tsunoda back in my finishing at #10. Will need Ocon or someone else to crash out though heh.
Qualifying session is organized on Friday on the weeks that there are sprint races. There is a calendar like this I have found for that after checking it. Maybe it would be better if cls63 adds this calendar into the first post.
Russell has started to fall behind Hamilton in the recent weeks. I didn't like his performance in the practice sessions very much.
I think you are right but this is normal.When you have not a winning car the motivation keeps falling and you think about the race "oh it is just another race weekend" and that is why Russell is starting to fall behind.In the latest Practice 3 that finished 19 PM in European time the Mercedes screwed up really big but I believe in the official qualifying starting just one hour from now I am confident that they will be in the top ten.
The race I am sure will be much more interesting than Baku was last week,the track is more technical and shorter which will hopefully make some fights between different manufacturers during the race and I am hopeful for an eventful race tomorrow.