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George Russell Backed to Control F1 Destiny Amid ‘Next Valtteri Bottas’ Comparison

Summary by Motorsport Week
Former Formula 1 Team Principal Guenther Steiner has responded to suggestions that George Russell could become Mercedes ‘next Valtteri Bottas’. The Brit currently sits second in the Drivers’ standings, 59 points behind teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who has taken the sport by storm in his second season. Russell entered the season as the early title favourite, and appeared to set the tone with a opening-race victory in Australia. But Antonelli’s…

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Günther Steiner compared George Russell's situation to Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes seasons.

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When Valtteri Bottas went out for points next to Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes, the Finn was considered number 2. Does George Russell now threaten the same fate as Kimi Antonelli's teammate?

Could George Russell know a path similar to that followed by Valteri Bottas at Mercedes? This is in any case the hypothesis put forward by Gunther Steiner, former manager of the Haas F1 team, by studying the current hierarchy within the German team. Arriving in the Mercedes family nearly ten years ago, Russell seemed destined to become the leader of the team after Lewis Hamilton's departure from Ferrari. But the emergence of Kimi Antonelli may h…

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