George Russell has been confirmed as Lewis Hamilton’s new team-mate at Mercedes from the 2022 season, after Valtteri Bottas’ move to Alfa Romeo was announced on Monday. ‘He has been a winner in every racing category – and the past three seasons with Williams have given us a taste of what the future could hold for him in F1. Of course, one of those new team-mates is in my opinion the greatest driver of all time. ‘He has been the best teammate I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Russell will now focus on the remainder of the F1 season with Williams, with the 23-year-old 15th in the standings on 13 points. Russell highest qualifying position is second, when he replaced Hamilton on the Mercedes team for last year’s Sakhir Grand Prix due to the seven-time F1 star’s coronavirus diagnosis.

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