George Russell's promotion to a Mercedes race seat has 'unbalanced' the team, after harmony with Valtteri Bottas alongside Lewis Hamilton.
George Russell’s promotion to a Mercedes race seat has ‘unbalanced’ the team, after years of harmony with Valtteri Bottas alongside Lewis Hamilton.
But, with Hamilton continuing in the sport and signing up for another two years at the end of his current contract, his relationship with teammate George Russell is evolving – tensions between the pair appear to be rising, as evidenced by their gloves-off battle in Japan.after the Japanese Grand Prix, former Williams and Ferrari UK manager Peter Windsor was asked whether he feels Russell is World Champion-level material after his high-profile error in Singapore.
“The point is this should also be seen in the context of Lewis telling Toto endlessly to keep Valtteri, ‘He’s exactly the right guy’, and [Toto saying] ‘No no, no, we’ve gotta have the next generation, George is the next generation, and quicker [etc.]’,” Windsor said. “I just come back to my thing of… if you’ve got Lewis, you don’t actually need George. If you’ve got George, you don’t need Lewis. It’s an imbalanced team, always has been, always will be, and that is the problem with it.”Lewis Hamilton car collection: Take a closer look at his incredible private garage
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