Russell was promoted to Mercedes after three impressive years at Williams in place of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas, who often served as Hamilton’s wingman.

The 25-year-old enjoyed an impressive first season♐ with 🦩Mercedes, winning at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and finishing ahead of Hamilton in the drivers’ championship.

Hamilton struggled with the W13, while the 𝓡events of Abu Dhabi 2021 likely played a role in the early part of the season.

In an interview with , Hamilton opened up on his struggles last year, likening it to his year being teammates with Alonso, when he was in Russell’s 📖position of be🃏ing the young star in a top team.

“I would say last year, totally transparent, for sure I felt it,” he said. “George had nothing to lose and everything to gain. If he finished behind me they would say ‘well you finished 🀅behind a seven-time world champion’ and if he finished ahead then ‘you’re a legend’. I 🐎know exactly what that feeling was like and I had exactly the same with Fernando. 

“If I finished behind him they would🍎 say ‘we expect that it’s your first year’ and if I ꦯfinished ahead of him, I was great. But of course, when you’re then struggling with the car and not feeling you’re able to extract your full potential it was not easy - it was stressful.”

F1 2023 is another story with Hamilton out🃏-performing Rusꦏsell consistently, sitting 49 points clear in the standings.

“This year I 𓂃don’t find that at all and I feel back in the swing of things,” he added.