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"We took lots of learnings from it - I think race pace was quite decent, particularly in the second stint.
"And for us to move forward and get fourth and fifth place was great points for the team and a great result considering where we are in terms of performance deficit."
Hamilton goes into Sunday's race in Melbourne two points ahead of Russell in the 2023 drivers' standings, with the team focused on attempting to close their deficit to Red Bull, who are seeking a third successive one-two to start the season.
"This is a big subplot this year because Lewis Hamilton was outscored by George Russell last year, and that has only happened twice before in his career by a team-mate.
"Jenson Button did it once and Nico Rosberg did it in slightly fortuitous circumstances where Lewis had lots of reliability problems.
"But last weekend in qualifying, George Russell outqualified Lewis Hamilton by four tenths of a second - that's a big gap between team-mates. Maybe it stung Lewis a little bit.
"And for us to move forward and get fourth and fifth place was great points for the team and a great result considering where we are in terms of performance deficit."
Hamilton goes into Sunday's race in Melbourne two points ahead of Russell in the 2023 drivers' standings, with the team focused on attempting to close their deficit to Red Bull, who are seeking a third successive one-two to start the season.
Russell 'standing his ground'
Sky Sports F1's Craig Slater:"This is a big subplot this year because Lewis Hamilton was outscored by George Russell last year, and that has only happened twice before in his career by a team-mate.
"Jenson Button did it once and Nico Rosberg did it in slightly fortuitous circumstances where Lewis had lots of reliability problems.
"But last weekend in qualifying, George Russell outqualified Lewis Hamilton by four tenths of a second - that's a big gap between team-mates. Maybe it stung Lewis a little bit.