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"While we haven't improved the car, we've extracted the most from the car so to come away with the result is great. "We'll take these points and keep pushing. George did a great job today," said Hamilton. "We definitely didn't expect to be third and fourth. The seven-time champion seemingly took his frustrations out on the team radio, saying he had been put in a "very difficult position", but later said that was in reference to an engine issue.

Hamilton had been set to finish ahead of his team-mate after moving up to third following a strong start, but he lost out when Russell was able to take his pit stop during a safety car period. Lewis Hamilton followed three seconds behind his team-mate in fourth to push Mercedes up to second in the constructors' championship - in between leaders Ferrari and Red Bull.

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But we know if we want to keep that position we need to find more performance in the car." "It is a championship based on results not pace. "We were probably the fifth-fastest team behind McLaren and Alpine yet here we are in third place. Someone told me and I didn't believe them," added Russell, who finished fourth at the season-opener in Bahrain and fifth in the last race in Saudi Arabia.

Leclerc claimed a dominant win in Melbourne for Ferrari - his second in three races - while title rival Max Verstappen failed to finish for a second time this season when he pulled his smoking Red Bull off track at two-thirds distance. "It doesn't matter how fast the car is, if you don't make it to the end then you are not there to pick up the pieces," said Russell, who has 37 points from three races, 34 behind championship leader Charles Leclerc. But reliability issues for Red Bull and Carlos Sainz's retirement for Ferrari in Melbourne have played into the hands of Mercedes, who have brought both cars home at every race.