Label: GeorgeRussell

Dec42020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

VN SAKHIRJA, FP1: The fastest in the first training session at “OVAL” was RUSSELL

George Russell was the fastest in the first free practice of the Sakhir GP in Bahrain and may have given Ralph Schumacher and many others a partial answer to the question of how good a Mercedes car is if Lewis Hamilton is not sitting in it. With the fastest lap time in the history of Formula 1, George Russell secured the best time in his first official appearance for Mercedes. The Briton drove the outer lap in 54,546 seconds in Sakhir's first free practice. Niki Lauda's 3,543-year-old record from 46 fell on the 1974-kilometer track. The Austrian reached a time of 3,289 seconds on the 58,790-kilometer track with his Ferrari in the French GP race in Dijon. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1334878137818230785 Results All racers are already in the first practice up

Dec42020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

BOTTAS: If RUSSELL beats me, that wouldn’t look good

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The Finnish racer of the Mercedes team is under special pressure before the second racing weekend in Bahrain. He has to beat George Russell, after all, the Mercedes youngster and Williams racer is one of the talents flirting with his seat. The 22-year-old Briton, who has been in the young silver arrow squad since 2017, will be able to sit in the Lewis Hamilton race car this weekend, which had to miss the race due to a positive coronavirus test. Asked what that would mean for his future if Russell landed in front of him at the Sakhir GP race, Bottas explained: "I didn't think seriously about it. It's hard to say what to expect from him because he knows the team very well, the race car however, it is slightly different from the one he tested with and there is also a lot of new in general.

Dec42020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

Ralf SCHUMACHER: How good is MERCEDES without LEWIS HAMILTON?

Mercedes

This is the position of Ralph Schumacher, a former Formula 1 racer who spoke out after Mercedes decided to put its youngster, who is then competing for Williams, in the race car instead of the seven-time world champion who tested positive for coronavirus. “George already knows the car, as he was a test racer of Mercedes,” Schumacher told Sky Germany. "He has experience and knowledge on the track and he also knows this year's tires, and he's also a racer trained by Toto Wolff. Russell is by far one of the most talented young racers. He didn't have a race car to show it, but it can be noticed from his qualifying results. " And so Schumacher says Mercedes will get invaluable information about the future this weekend, especially at a time when Hamilton has so far been with

Dec42020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

LECLERC, NORRIS and ALBON bet on RUSSELL to win SAKHIR GP

formula 1

George Russell will be racing weekend at the Sakhir GP at Mercedes to replace world champion Lewis Hamilton, who tested positive for the coronavirus. Russell competed in the junior categories against some of his current Formula 1 counterparts, such as Charles Leclerc, Land Norris and Alex Albon. During the spring break, he played games with them on the Twitch portals. Leclerc has already tasted victory in Formula 1, Norris and Albon have tasted champagne on the podium, but Russell, who is otherwise racing for the Williams team, has not yet scored a single point. Russell stressed that he did not expect any performance in Mercedes, and competitors say he will be very good on the track. "For George, this is an amazing opportunity, I've known him for many years. We were teammates in karting in 2011. Now he finally has a chance to race.

Dec22020 by Bojan VrbnjakNo Comments

Official: RUSSELL instead of HAMILTON at Mercedes, AITKEN for Williams

Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, who has already secured the championship title, noticed slight symptoms of coronavirus on Monday. He passed the test again, which was positive, which means he will have to miss the Sakhir GP race, which is scheduled for this weekend. This is the first race in his 14-year career that the Briton will miss. The Silver Arrows turned to their long-time protégé George Russell for an alternative, whom Mercedes has supported since the youth series and won the GP3 and Formula 2 series titles with him, and in 2019 he transferred to Williams as a permanent racer. The 22-year-old Briton has already tested for Mercedes several times, most recently after last season’s final in Abu Dhabi. https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1334033581631545344 "Our long-term partnership and George's alliance with Mercedes