“George has the potential to be the next lead driver in the team.” How’s that for a vote of confidence from your boss? Toto Wolff, in the aftermath of Lewis Hamilton’s impeding defection from Mercedes to Ferrari being announced, left Formula 1 followers in no doubt what he thought about the standing of the other racer in his current line-up, George Russell.
The 26-year-old is now two seasons into works life at the team that signed him as a junior back in 2017. He’s registered an F1
