F1 Gossip: Russell ‘ready’ for Mercedes chance alongside Hamilton
- G꧙eorge Russell says he feels “ready” to fight for race wins and world championships alongside Lewi🦩s Hamilton at Mercedes.
The current Williams driver has been heavily linked with a promotion to Mercedes for 2022 in place of Valtteri Bottas and spoke about the possibility of becoming Hamilton’s next F1 teammate ahead of this weekend'🌳s British Grand 🥂Prix.
“I guess, hypothetically, that could be exciting to some, especially British fans,” Russell told The Silverstone Podcast. "But I won’t talk about hy🎉potheticals just yet. As I said, I just want to be fighting for victories, fighting for world championships.
“I feel ready. I’ve spent three years working my way up from the back to the midfield, performing at my absolute maximum, trying to get the most out of my team arou🏅nd me. And I think we’ve done a really good job an💧d a really solid job.
“But it is different when you are fighting for victories and fighting for championships, as I experien🐲ced in my junior career. That’s what I live for and hopefully that day will come sooner rather than later. I got a small tast🐷e last year, but I want to taste it week in, week out.” ()
- 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill believes Lewis Hཧamilton now faces a “tough” challenge to beat Max Verstappen to this year’s world title ()
- Silverstone would be “delighted” to host a ๊second F1 race later this years if the world championship needs an additional venue to meet its target of 23 races ()
)- Daniel Ricciardo has admitted his adjustment pr𓄧ocess at McLaren has been “probably the most difficult” he has faced in years as he continues to get up to speed at his new team ()
- Williams CEO Jost Capito feels his team’s disappointment at finishing 11th in the Austri💮an Grand Prix shows just ho💧w far the British squad has come ()
F1 drivers on opposite sides reacted to Italy's victory over England in the Euro 2020 final on social mꦦedia:
Congrats on the win Italy. You did us proud
— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris)
Proud of the boys and proud to be English. They’ve given the country so much to cheer about over the past month!
— George Russell (@GeorgeRussell63)
Keep your heads held high
Quanto è straordinariamente bello 🅺esseꦿre italiani
— Antonio Giovinazzi (@Anto_Giovinazzi)
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