George Russell authoritatively joins Mercedes from F1 2022
Brackley - It's been addressed who is Lewis Hamilton's pair in Mercedes for Formula 1 2022. George Russell will be the new driver of the German maker.
Russell's arrangement was reported Tuesday (7/9/2021), a day after Valtteri Bottas was affirmed to move to Alfa Romeo next season. The 23-year-old will get a drawn out agreement with Mercedes, however the length isn't expressed.
"The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team affirmed today that George Russell will accomplice seven-time best on the planet Lewis Hamilton from Formula 1 2022, as the game will enter another period of specialized standard," a Mercedes articulation read.
Russell has been a Mercedes foundation driver since 2017. He originally won the GP3 Series in 2017 and Formula 2 of every 2018 preceding at long last being 'educated' to Williams in F1 in 2019.
Russell likewise momentarily dashed for Mercedes finally season's GP, supplanting Hamilton, who was missing because of COVID-19, and figured out how to complete ninth and recorded the quickest lap.
This season, he scored his first focuses for Williams at the Hungarian GP and completed second on the lattice in meeting all requirements for the Belgian GP, taking him to the main platform of his F1 profession.
The above accomplishments, which are the gathering of his exhibition throughout the last three seasons, are accepted to be the primary justification Mercedes to advance him one year from now.
"It's an honor to work with each individual from the group, and an honor to have the option to guard the Williams name in F1. Since I joined in 2019, we have worked eagerly to help each other to lift Williams to where it should be," said Russell.
"Taking a gander at next season, I'd lie on the off chance that I said I wasn't invigorated. This is a major chance that I need to get," said Russell regarding joining Mercedes next season.
In the interim, Alphatauri has additionally reported their line-up for the following year. The Italian group chose to keep their present dashing team, Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda.
