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Russell learned ‘ruthless' side of F1 at Mercedes

George Russell has described how being groomed by Mercedes helped to prepare him for the “ruthless” side of F1 – and avoid being “chewed up and spat out”. The 22-year-old Briton, a rising Formula 1 star, was taken on by Mercedes in his formative motorsport years and spent a season as their reserve driver in 2018 – the same year he won the Formula 2 Championship. His career has been masterminded by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff since the day Russell walked into the Austrian’s office aged 15 and presented a slide show outlining how he intended to work his way to the top of Formula 1. So far, that has culminated with Russell driving two seasons for Williams ‘on loan’...
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