George Russell is now in his sixth year in Formula 1 having spent nearly half of his career at Mercedes on the grid. The Briton made his debut with Williams in the 2019 season and spent most of it trying to score points for the struggling outfit at the back of the grid. After a breakthrough performance replacing the ill Lewis Hamilton at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, it was always a matter of when Mercedes would promote their young talent to the main team. That came in 2022 and with it his first win in F1 at the Brazilian GP, although a winless and scrappy 2023 season has put Russell under press…
