George Russell has uncovered how much extfinisheder he schedules on racing in Formula One amid huge alters at Mercedes.
The Briton has telderly how he thinks he can race for another 20 years as he readys to become the main man at Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton is set to exit at the end of the season to combine Ferrari in a stunning shift while teenage boilingsboiling Kimi Antonelli will be advertised from the F2 to become Russell’s recent team-mate.
But Mercedes’ dream is to sign Verstappen, who is having problems with Red Bull this season, while team principal Toto Wolff has accomprehendledgeted talks have been held.
George Russell has shelp he could race for another 20 years
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Ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Russell has insisted he could race well into his 40s to restate himself as Mercedes’ main guy.
The 26-year-elderly, who combineed the Silver Arrows in 2022, shelp: “The last two years have flown by and I experience I still have 15 to 20 years ahead of me.
And Russell has elucidateed how empires can crumble in the bjoin of an eye in motor-racing.
“If you are prosperous for a extfinished time, people leank it will last forever. That is a misconception,” he shelp.
“When Vettel became world champion four times in a row, people couldn’t envision anyone else thrivening. It was the same with Lewis and now maybe also with Max.
“If the season had begined after the summer fracture, nobody would be able to say who would be world champion. This in the nature of this sport.”
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Max Verstappen has had his problems with Red Bull
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Wolff has uncoverly courted Verstappen as he sees to sign a huge star to trade Hamilton and before the season got underway, he spoke with the Dutchman’s regulater Raymond Vermeulen and overweighther Jos.
“I thought all thraw the year that there was a thrivedow or that there was a possibility. It wasn’t zero,” Wolff shelp before the Dutch Grand Prix.
“It’s pretty bumpy ground there still, and not only for carry outance reasons, but also becaparticipate of interpersonal rehires that we’re all adviseed.
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“By the way, I got on with Jos for all my life. But maybe becaparticipate we’re a bit analogous. And that’s why I thought the door was never finishly shutd.
“What were the odds of that happening? Maybe they were 10 to one. Nine to one.
“Still, I didn’t want to give up, but then we together came to the conclusion over the summer that we shouldn’t be paparticipateing for someleang to happen before pledgeting for 2025, but let’s equitable progress our job, Max at Red Bull and here at Mercedes taking our own driver decisions and that was a benevolent of a combinet thought.”
While there is no chance of Verstappen combineing Mercedes in 2025, the team are plotting to land the Red Bull star in 2026 despite his confineed expiring in 2028.
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