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Lewis Hamilton’s Position in Grave Danger as George Russell Earns “Rosberg Status”

Published 12/08/2022, 1:15 PM EST

The young, driven, Mercedes rising star, George Russell, has been turning heads in the entire F1 community. The young lad seems to be the new talk of the town. Despite Mercedes’ struggles, Russell managed to bag the only win for the Silver Arrows in the season of 2022.

Having outdone his teammate, and seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, the F1 world is considering the possibility of Russell rising as a better driver than the Briton- Brazilian in the upcoming season.

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F1 commentator, Sascha Roos, shed light on his thoughts about the rising talent. He believes that Lewis will no longer be the only star driver at Mercedes. To begin with, he expressed his surprise. He said, “I didn’t think Russell would score more points than Hamilton.”

He further delved into the nitty-gritty’s of it all. He compared Russell’s journey to Hamilton’s former teammate Nico Rosberg. He said, “He’s motivated. However, there won’t be a bang like that between Hamilton and Russell as there was with Rosberg.”

“At that time, to the outside world in terms of status and sympathy, it was always emphasized that Rosberg and Hamilton were on an equal footing, but internally, Hamilton was preferred in my opinion. When Valtteri Bottas came on Hamilton was the clear number one to the outside. But Russell is not Bottas. Russell is more likely to enjoy Rosberg’s status,” he said, in conclusion.

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According to Roos, Mercedes played fair in the last season.

Mercedes played fair with their drivers for the season of 2022

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The German commentator continued to share his thoughts on Russell’s performance. Looking back at the season, Roos does acknowledge that, as advertised, Mercedes does play fair, and grants equal opportunities to their drivers, giving genuine talent a room to rise.

He said, “Then, of course, it also depends on the performance of the car in the first races. In the end it was a clear story for Russell last season and Hamilton bitted towards Mercedes on a few occasions in terms of strategy. I think Mercedes handled it very fairly, including to Russell.”

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Nida Chakraborty is a Formula 1 Author at EssentiallySports. After completing her undergrad from St Xavier's College with a degree in Psychology, she had gone on to take up multiple journalistic ventures in Radio and Television. Not only has she been a producer for Fever 104 FM, one of India's leading FM radio stations, but she has also worked for MTV and Channel V.

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Lewis Hamilton’s Position in Grave Danger as George Russell Earns “Rosberg Status”

Mercedes played fair with their drivers for the season of 2022

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