Bojan Vrbnjak
Toto wolff, the head of the silver arrow team, at the end last year’s championship decided to say goodbye after a few years Valtteria Bottas and seeks his replacement.
In doing so, v Mercedes eye throw - understandably - on George Russell, who had at Williams great season 2021. He also seemed to be young British racer wanted to move to the factory team, so both sides were quick reached an agreement. While before the season it was expected to be Lewis Hamilton stayed in front of a teammate, well Russella we are currently in second place in the championship among racers.
All Hughes nevertheless, he sees that it is Hamilton still a little better, but expect to be Russell made big strides this season. “Overall, Russell's assimilation into the team was excellent," so Hughes, who sees a resemblance to the past. “Hamilton currently maintains an advantage in raw speed, but that was to be expected. After all, he wasn’t as fast as Nico Rosberg at first when he joined Mercedes in 2013, but he evolved through the season to get faster."
But in view Russell fast assimilation he should be on the team Hughes to know that the young Briton was in behind the scenes part of the Mercedes for which he performed tire testing, although he was a member Williams. It probably wouldn’t be a surprise if at Mercedes also performed testing in their simulator. And here it is quite strange dynamicsthat you can at the time you are performing for Williams, you're trying Mercedes race car on the track and simulator. So praise for his adjustment in the new team they are not exactly in place because on Mercedes he had been accustomed to it much earlier.
