Lewis Hamilton has been accused of ‘taking it easy’ in Formula One this season by former world champion Nigel Mansell. Team-mate George Russell is 12 points ahead of him in fourth and Mansell praised the 24-year-old along with fellow Brit Lando Norris. ‘I like both George Russell and Lando Norris,’ Mansell, 69, told Adrian Flux. Russell has achieved the first podium finishes of his career this season, placing third in five races, and also claimed his first ever pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix at the end of July. The season resumes in Belgium this weekend, the first of three consecutive weekends of racing.

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