Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he not the leader at Mercedes and that he and George Russell work together. Hamilton’s hopes of a record-breaking eighth world championship victory are all but over already this season after what has proved to be a strange F1 season for the 37-year-old. George and I work equally hard together, I would say, to help drive the team and row just as hard as everyone else in the team,’ Hamilton told the Independent. Team-mate Russell, 24, who is enjoying a successful debut season, has revealed that he is inspired by how Hamilton and the whole Mercedes team push each other.

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