I can't really understand why so many people are obsessed to see Russell in Mercedes now. No one can deny that Russell is a great driver with a lot of talented but what makes him better that Bottas?
Most of you forget that teams have 2 drivers - the one that tries to win the championship title and the second that helps him accomplish this goal. This is not going to happen if Mercedes has Hamilton and Russell because Russell is going to win due to his excitement.
Bottas is doing his job greatly on Mercedes -all those seasons - and the only way that Russell is going to have chances of joining Mercedes will be if Hamilton announces his retirement...
I am not for sure. I am of an opinion that Russell is still green and needs more time. He has the pace, but his head needs more time for sure. He will get the chance for sure after this performance, but not by replacing Hamilton ( I say LOL to that idea) and not by replacing Bottas next year either.
That's correct but Russell has been promoted by Mercedes since a young age, similar to LecLaire at Ferrari. And yet Mercedes see that's Russell is a good investment for the future. I also think he will also build up a certain pressure on the contract extensions for the existing drives, on the part of Mercedes, as they have an obvious and good option. And at time he is cheap in comparison.