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Russell: My gut tells me something good is on the way

Formula 1 rookie George Russell's earliest motorsport memory is of pedalling a toy tractor around Britain's go-kart paddocks, but the 21-year-old Williams driver has come a long way since those early days.. He will make his grand prix debut at the season-opening race in Australia next week after winning last year's Formula 2 title. One of the tallest drivers, at six feet two inches(1.88 metres), Russell has been in motorsport ever since he and his parents followed older brother Benjy's rise to karting world champion. 'My parents supported him and travelled with him and as I was a child I sort of tagged along,' he told Reuters in an interview. 'When I was about three or four years old I...
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