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Russell reveals call-up details: 'I was in the bathroom!'
George Russell has detailed the "intense" 48 hours that led to his call-up to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for the Sakhir GP - revealing he was "in the bathroom" when Toto Wolff first rang him in the early hours of Tuesday, the first of 64 phone calls to conclude the deal. Hamilton's positive test for coronavirus on Monday has sidelined the seven-time world champion for at least this weekend's race in Bahrain - the second successive event at the Sakhir venue ahead of next week's season finale in Abu Dhabi - and Mercedes have turned to the highly-rated 22-year-old Russell to fill the substantial void left by his British countryman. But although his career is managed...
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