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Strongly regarded as the most likely candidate to succeed Lewis Hamilton as Britain’s next Formula 1 world champion, George Russell entered his fifth season of F1 in 2023 which was his second with the Mercedes AMG F1 Team.

Switching to Hitech GP for 2016, Russell enjoyed a stronger campaign with two victories spurring him onto third place in the standings and with it a spot in Mercedes’ young driver programme. Mercedes sought to place Russell with one of its engine customers for 2019, initially evaluating a move to Force India after a pair of Friday Free Practice outings in 2018. Eventually, however, it was confirmed he would make his debut with Williams Racing, where he’d remain for three years before being promoted to a Mercedes AMG seat for 2022.

As such, Russell focused on proving a competitive match for Hamilton, an objective he fulfilled on several occasions during the first-half of the year, which coupled to the best finishing record of any driver, paved the way for several podium results, the first of which came with a third place in Round 3 at Albert Park.

Williams’ first full season under new owners Dorilton Capital, its arrival led to a fresh injection of cash and a management structure overhaul. The stars finally aligned for Russell at the Hungarian GP when a high attrition rate lifted him from 17th on the grid to eighth at the flag, though - somewhat bemusingly - this was a position behind team-mate Nicholas Latifi, himself scoring in F1 for the first time, despite the Canadian having been well out-paced by his counterpart all year.

With Russell’s graduation to the Mercedes AMG team having already been confirmed, he concluded the season in 15th overall.A step up in performance from the Williams FW43 and a headline grabbing one-off outing with Mercedes helped Russell consolidate his status as a potential F1 star in 2020. Nevertheless, the 2020 F1 season did see Russell score his first points in F1, albeit in Mercedes machinery following a surprise call-up to deputise for COVID-sidelined Lewis Hamilton in the Sakhir GP.

After getting past Bottas to move into fourth, Russell’s hopes of a late recovery were scuppered by a puncture that demoted him down the order.

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