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Mercedes signs Russell as F1 junior driver
The Mercedes Formula 1 team has signed George Russell to its junior programme for the 2017 season. The 18-year-old Briton has spent the last two seasons racing in the European Formula 3 series, finishing third in 2016 with the Hitech GP squad and taking pole position for the blue riband Macau GP event. The promotion of Mercedes juniors Pascal Wehrlein and Esteban Ocon to full-time seats - with Sauber and Force India respectively - left the Brackley squad in need of a driver eligible to take part in young driver testing. F1 rules dictate that teams must run a driver who has competed in two or fewer grands prix for two days of in-season testing, which automatically rules out Wehrlein and...
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