Mercedes started the year on the back foot relative to Ferrari and Red Bull, ཧwith porpoising - the bouncing phenomenon - plaguing their𒆙 season. 

On paper, Hamilton struggled for performance in the first half of the year relative to new teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell.

Hamilton was understood to be running more extreme setups in a bid to improve th✱e W13, while Russell didn’t, explaining the former Williams driver’s impressive form.

This was furt𒈔her backed up by Hamilton’s form in the second part of the year, often out-performing Russell in both qualifying and the race.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:In an interview with mahbx.com, Russell explained why he didn’t follow Hamilton’s route of running experi♒mental setups because he was in a “happier place” with the car.

However, in a recent video on the team’s YouTube channel, Mercedes strategist chief James Vowles explained Hamilton and Russell’s differing roles in the first part of🍸 the year.

“I think on a whole it doesn’t really take us to tell you this but George did a very good job this year,” he said. “He is against the best in the world and that's your reference and what 🌟is very clear is that at the beginning of the year when we had a car that was difficult Lewis was using his wealth of experience to help us in order to improve the car and really move us forward as a part of the team.

“George in that period of time was just really focussed on learning, embedding himself into the team and he scored a number of results really that benefited him as a result of that. Irrespective his qualifying pace I think is within a tenth of where L♐ewis ende🍌d up, his race pace was very, very strong throughout the year.

“That's really what we were looking for, how do🐓es he fit into our environment? How does he fit into the team? How does he work with Lewis? How does he work with everyone else? And I think in all of those he did an incredibly good job. It was a big step up for him from Williams, I think where Williams operated is obviously very high level, where we operate is a little bit different to that. I think he adapted very quickly and very well.” 

Russell claimed Mercedes’ only win🧸 of the year, beating Hamilton to the win in Sao Paulo.

He ended the season 35 points clear of the seven-time champion in the final 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings.