George Russell says he will settle down in the cockpit of a works Mercedes next year in “great shape”, thanks to three years helping to pull Williams off the back of the grid. “It’s nice, but I just focus on my own driving,” Russell told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “The team was in a bad place in 2019 – always last,” Russell said. He said his time at Williams has left him in “great shape” personally. “It’s easy to celebrate victories – it’s managing the hard times and the mistakes that is the real challenge,” said Russell. Finally, Russell was asked whether he would put a few dollars on his 2022 teammate Lewis Hamilton or Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to win this year’s title.

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