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Wolff: Maybe we´ll have Lewis and George in the future

Valtteri Bottas looks increasingly on borrowed time at Mercedes after 22-year-old George Russell showed the Formula 1 world champions just how good he can be when they handed him a chance in a million this past weekend. Russell, 22, was drafted in as a late replacement for Lewis Hamilton at Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix when the seven-times champion tested positive for COVID-19, but at times it looked like the older Briton was at the wheel. Apart from qualifying, when Bottas took pole by a whisker, Russell had the measure of the Finn and could have won but for a team error and misfortune. 'We learned that George Russell is somebody to count on in the future,' Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff...
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