The incessant rumors of 2021 they wanted for this year George Russell to Mercedes instead of Valtteri Bottas, have actually materialized between the two aforementioned world championships, with the Englishman today in the role of Hamilton’s new teammate and the Finnish who in turn joined Alfa Romeo. However, the increasingly persistent rumors about this changing of the guard in Mercedes had a decisive setback on the occasion of the GP of Emilia-Romagna last season, on that same circuit of Imola, where, in a month, the 2022 edition. Specifically, the episode that threatened to blow up the former Williams driver’s dreams of glory concentrated at the entrance to the Variante del Tambourine, when a collision between the two knocked them both offside in a violent collision. Russell, in an attempt to overtake Bottas on the outside, in fact lost control of the car after putting his wheels on the grass, dragging the number 77 with him into the gravel. to that of Bottas, hitting him with a slap on the helmet and taking a middle finger from the latter.
Today, a year later, Russell is back on the fact again, admitting his guilt for both the accident and the angry reaction: “I made the figure of the co ***** e – explained to GQ – if I think back to how I handled the situation, I would probably laugh at myself and say ‘what were you doing’? I just looked like an idiot, as if I had lost my mind. And to be honest, for a second, I probably lost track “. In conclusion, regarding the not-so-brilliant start of Mercedes in Bahrain, Russell has no doubts that he will soon be able to battle for the positions that matter: “I raced for 17 years, and in 14 of them I was in front – he added – I think that as soon as I have one or two races in my experience bag, I will go back to normal ”.
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