MARK HUGHES
Sep 29, 2021
3 minutes
WITH THE LONG-overdue confirmation that George Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next year, a sequence of other driver moves was triggered. One of these - the recruitment of Alex Albon to replace Russell at Williams - was part of a seismic political shift within the sport, one which may have determined the format of the new power unit formula, due for 2025 (but probably set to be delayed to ‘26).
The disruptor in this whole story is Volkswagen. It was poised to enter the original hybrid formula
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