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Do Mercedes need big-bucks Hamilton with F1 sub Russell shining?
George Russell has grasped the massive opportunity handed to him by taking over Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at the Sakhir Grand Prix with a performance that has so far “impressed but not surprised” the team. The 22-year-old Briton was drafted into the Mercedes hot seat after seven-time world champion Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of a grand prix weekend for the first time in his career. Russell led the way on Friday by topping both practice sessions and after slipping back in final practice on Saturday morning, he turned in a mightily impressive performance to get within 0.026s of taking pole position on his qualifying debut for Mercedes. It was even more...
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