On Thursday afternoon, Mercedes announced Russell and Lewis Hamilton will form their driver line up💎 until the end of 2025.

Russell was promoted to Mercedes from Williams for the 2022 campaign as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas’ replacement.

Reacting to the ꦅannouncemen✃t of his new contract, Russell told Sky: “It was always part of the plan for us and it was never in doubt either way. 

“I joined this teaౠm when I was 17 years old, racing in F3 and they’ve always had thei🍒r belief in me. 

“That was always part of the plan. Wi💎n F3, win F2, get to F1, get in a Mercedes and win the F1 title with Mercedes - that’s the plan for us. We’re not where we want to be right now but it’s just the beginning and we’re on our journey.”

Russell enjoyed a great firsꦆt season with Mercedes, taking his only win at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Since then, he’s struggled to beat teammate Hami♊lton.

“You need to beat everybody,” ﷺhe added. “I showed wh𒊎at I was capable of last year. Winning the race for the team and pole positions. 

“This year has been a challenging year for me but it’s not been through a lack of pace♛. It’s just things haven’t been clꦬicking in the right way in certain places. The car hasn’t been where we want it to be but I think last weekend in Zandvoort was a good reset. 

“The pace was there. I think we were right behind Max at Zandvoort to be on the podium but obviously it was a challenging weekend. Last half of the season is going to 🌳be exciting. We’ve got a couple of goals - try and win a race this season, try and get P2 in the championship for🍷 the team but the big one is next year.”