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Russell knew Sakhir GP was ‘too good to be true'

George Russell felt his sublime first race weekend for Mercedes was proving 'too good to be true', and how right he was. Already the Briton had impressed by qualifying P2 for the Sakhir Grand Prix as he made his Mercedes debut in place of Lewis Hamilton who continues his recovery from COVID-19. But once Russell took the lead from team-mate Valtteri Bottas into Turn 1 and pulled away on Bahrain's Outer Circuit, everyone really started to take notice. Sadly though Russell's race hit a big speed bump when Mercedes fitted Bottas' tyres to his W11 at his second step, meaning he had to pit again the following lap to correct the error. And just as Russell had cleared the drivers in front and was...
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