Russell and Hღamilton🏅 came close to colliding on a number of occasions in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

The first flashpoiܫnt came at Spoon Curve as Hamilton ran Russell off the track.

Towards the end of the race, Mercedes used team orders to get Hamilton ahead of Russell, with the pair becoming increasingly under threat from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz behind.

Windsor - who is a former Williams and Ferrari team manage☂r - believes their Suzuka duel 🐭highlights “acrimony” between the pair.

 “You could tell that there is definitely acrimony between the two now – and that’s not 𒁃a good thing.

“Imagine if Mercedes had a Championship-winning car and this was the World Championship and grand prix wins they were racing for, imagine whatജ it would be like between Lewis and George,” he said on his YouTube channel. 

“The good thing is it’s only for the minor placings, it’s all you can say. ‘Does iಌt really matter that much?’ I supp💮ose is what you’d say in the boardroom afterwards.

“But if they do get in a position actually to be doing something serious in 2024 – a big as🍌k, you’ve got to say – then how are you going to manage that Lewis Hamilton/George Russell imbalance?”

Russell replaced Botta🦩s at the end of 2021 after thr🧜ee impressive years at Williams.

While Bottas struggled to mount a consistent challenge to Hamilton, he served as a solid number two driver, assisting the team to five constructors’💮 championshᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚip triumphs. 

Windsor reiterated his view that what happened at Suzuka is another example of ꦜwhy Hamilton wanted to remain alongside the Finn.

“Lewis always wanted to keep Valtteri, not necessarily🤪 because he loved Valtteri but because it was the right balance of the team,” he added. “He could feel that. That was the same as Max Verstappen [and] Sergio Perez.

“It came to the su🦂rface more than ever before, I think, in the Japan✱ese Grand Prix.”