Lewis Hamilton saw a glimpse of the future sitting two chairs along from him and he did not much like it judging by how his voice turned as deep and lifeless as Henry Kissinger’s. Hamilton was asked if Russell’s display here had affected his lukewarm endorsement of the younger man’s claims to be his team-mate and it was now his voice turned gravelly. George has being doing a great job all year and this doesn’t change anything. The memory of fractious relations between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg still haunt some Mercedes minds. He has been outstanding with Williams and he was outstanding for us in Bahrain. Russell can be counted on to give his all to hold off Hamilton and attack Verstappen in the short run off the start line into La Source. What can Hamilton do about the thorn between the two title roses?.

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