Mercedes looked destined to be the long term home of George Russell ever since he impressed while driving for the team in Sakhir, covering for Lewis Hamilton when he contracted COVID-19. The young Brit looked highly likely to win that race if it was not for a pit stop error and a puncture, beating Valtteri Bottas, who he would eventually replace at Mercedes. Three years at Williams saw Russell defy all expectations and blow his teammate Nicholas Latifi out of the water in his final season, before being chosen by Toto Wolff to replace the Alfa Romeo bound Bottas. In the wake of Russell’s maiden win in F1, Wolff claimed that he regrets leaving his young driver at Williams for so long,...
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