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Jacques Villeneuve thinks George Russell gave Lewis Hamilton a ‘wake-up call’ after joining Mercedes and outperformed the seven-time F1 champion by ‘a lot’ in 2023. The Silver Arrows formed an all-British line-up in 2022 when Russell arrived from Williams to replace Valtteri Bottas. Team principal Toto Wolff sought a change to the Mercedes fold after five years as Red Bull ended their dominance. Bottas was seldom able to challenge regularly. Bottas had his best years in 2019 and 2020 when he finished second in the table to Hamilton as Mercedes teammates. But the 34-year-old ended the terms 87 …