Lewis Hamilton is currently 36 points ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell in the championship. That’s despite the fact that Russell has outperformed him in the majority of sessions this year. Hamilton trails Russell 12-4 in qualifying ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – one of the largest deficits on the grid. He’s also 8-5 down in the races where both drivers have been classified. Much of the current points gap stems from scoreless weekends for Russell in Great Britain and Belgium. The 26-year-old retired from the race at Silverstone with a water-system issue, with Hamilton going on to…