Russel is well known a great driver and in my opinion the most talented on the younger generation. Furthermore, he won esports F1 before the championship began and now, finally , he has a good car that he can prove that he will be a future world champion.

I heard that he run the car with low fuel in order to be lighter so he could learn the car faster but anyway, the kid is a super talent of F1 and Bottas should be aware of that. The fact that he didn't get a seat for next year tells me that somehow Lewis knows that Russel can be a Rosberg from 2016 and steal a championship out of nowhere.