Forward of Valtteri Bottas’ return to Mercedes, George Russell is hopeful that the ten-time F1 race winner Finnish driver will deliver a wealth of experiences to the Brackley-based outfit.
Mercedes is dealing with just a few key adjustments this season after the departure of Lewis Hamilton, who secured a complete of six F1 drivers championship with the Brackley-based outfit and in addition helped it to seize eight constructors’ title.
The seven-time world champion’s vacant seat shall be crammed by 18-year outdated Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The Bologna-born driver has solely full a single season in Formulation 2, and can now accomplice George Russell on the profitable F1 outfit.
Nonetheless, there’ll one other key change to Mercedes’ driver line-up. Having acted as Mercedes’ reserve driver final season, seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher’s son Mick Schumacher left the German-Anglo outfit.
Having left the Sauber outfit on the finish of final season, Valtteri Bottas will now return to Mercedes, taking up the function of reserve driver. The Finn has collected 10 wins, 67 podiums and 5 consecutive Constructors‘ titles with Mercedes which hopes that Bottas will deliver a useful wealth of expertise to its preparation for the 2025 and the 2026 F1 season which can deliver an all-new technical regulation.
Commenting on Bottas’ arrival at Mercedes, Russell has revealed that he has a “sturdy relationship” with the Finn driver even supposing he took over his automotive in 2022.
“His expertise goes to be large. Having somebody with a lot simulator and racing information, and who totally is aware of the staff goes to be nice,” he says.
“Listening to about his previous couple of years at Sauber, with the Ferrari engine could possibly be key too. You at all times should hold an open thoughts as to what others are doing and he has all of that underneath his belt.
“Clearly years in the past we have been perceived to not have a robust relationship, however we’re each professionals and our relationship has grown, we regularly journey collectively and see one another at accommodations or within the health club.”
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