Losing Mercedes seat felt ‘strange’ – Russell

George Russell says it felt “strange” when he was unable to keep racing for Mercedes in Lewis Hamilton’s place after his near-win in Bahrain. The 22-year-old Mercedes junior was called up at short notice when Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 – but had to return to his back-of-the-grid Williams cockpit a week later. “To be […]

George Russell says it felt “strange” when he was unable to keep racing for Mercedes in Lewis Hamilton’s place after his near-win in Bahrain.

The 22-year-old Mercedes junior was called up at short notice when Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 – but had to return to his back-of-the-grid Williams cockpit a week later.

“To be honest, it felt strange to go back,” he is quoted by Speed Week.