George Russell replaces Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes

Stoffel Vandoorne, Nico Hulkenberg or Esteban Gutierrez are all candidates who have been cited as potential replacements for Lewis Hamilton this weekend, during the Sakhir Grand Prix. As a reminder, the latter was forced to withdraw after testing positive for Covid-19.

And if the Belgian is indeed traveling to Bahrain and was even the third driver nominated by the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team this weekend, the destiny of Toto wolff focused on George Russell.

« First of all, I would like to thank Williams for their collaboration and open-mindedness, the Austrian said. Moving from the Williams to the W11 is not going to be such a simple transition for George, but he is ready to race, has a thorough knowledge of the 2020 tires and knows how they perform with this generation of cars. George has shown himself to be in great form this year, actively participating in the team's rise in the hierarchy, and I am optimistic that he will be able to produce a good performance alongside Valetteri , which will be a standard value of choice. »

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Toto Wolff is also not a little proud to note “ that this race will be a milestone for us, since we will see a member of our junior program racing for the official Mercedes team for the first time. »

3 GP2017 Champion and title the following year in F2, George Russell is only the fifth driver to defend the interests of the Mercedes-AMG F1 Team since 2010 and the third Briton to wear the brand's colors in F1 after Stirling Moss and Lewis Hamilton.

It is now up to him to demonstrate what he is capable of at the wheel of the best car of the board.