168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell says he would welcome the “challenge” of having reigning F1 world champion168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen as his next Mercedes teammate.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s shock decision to join Ferrari in 20𒁃25 has left Mercedes looking for a replacement to line up alongside Russell from next season⭕.

With the controversy surrounding Christian Horner not dying down amid a rumoured 🍌fallout and internal politics within the Red Bull camp, speculation about Versta𒆙ppen’s future has ramped up.

There have been suggestions that the three-time world champion could be on Mercedes’ radar to replace Hamilton 🌟with team boss Toto Wolff spotted deep in conversation wi༺th the Dutchman’s father, Jos Verstappen, after the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

“This is my third season now alongside Lewis, tꦐhe greatest driver of all time, and I feel like I’ve done🅰 a pretty good job alongside him,” Russell said ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

“So whoever were to line up alongside me next year, or the years to co♊me, I welcome anybody, I welcome the challenge.

“You always want to go against the best but ultimately for me, just focus on myself and believe in myself. I believe I can beat anybody on t🌜he grid and you have just got to have that mentality.

“Having Lewis as my benchmark for the 😼last couple of years has been a pretty 🦩good benchmark for sure.”

Asked if he could s൲ee what would be a blockbuster switch becoming reality, Russell replied: “I thi♔nk any team want to have the best driver line-up possible and right now Max is the best driver on the grid.

“So if any team had the chance to sign Max they’d 100% be taking it. I✱ think the question is more on the other 🎃side, on his side and on Red Bull’s side.

“Obviously so much going on there and we don’t know what truly is going on behind closed doors and 🔯ultimately it’s none of our business.

“But I guess, yeah, it would be exciting.”