Mercedes are reportedly planning to purchase the providers of the 23-year-old British Formula 1 driver George Russell on a two-year deal. And if the rumours doing rounds are to be believed then Russell goes to change Valtteri Bottas after Finn’s poor begin within the 2021 season. Bottas’ need to change into the 2021 World Champion is all however over as he sits behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
To make issues worse for Bottas, now he’s additionally behind McLaren’s Lando Norris after three third-place finishes and two retirements.
Now in a new growth Alexey Popov, Russian Formula 1 commentator, has claimed that Russell is transferring to Mercedes and never on the place of seven occasions world champion Hamilton. “I will not disclose the source, but there is always a lot of talk in the paddock in Monaco,” Popov informed Match TV, earlier than including, “They informed me that Russell’s transfer to Mercedes for a minimum of two years, and never in Hamilton’s place, is already virtually executed.”
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Russell, who is currently associated with Williams, is placed at the 17th spot in the F1 standing and is yet to score a point despite his brilliant qualifying form.
Popov also speculated that Mercedes and Williams could plan a direct swap between Bottas and Russell. Bottas has also represented Williams in the past from 2013 to 2016. After joining Mercedes, the 31-year-old has won nine races – three in 2017, four in 2019, and two in 2020.
Bottas is currently placed at the fourth spot in the F1 table after his disastrous pits stop at the last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Toto 💬 “Valtteri led our fight all weekend. He was set for a strong podium finish if it wasn’t for the wheel nut problem which forced him to DNF.“I’ve never seen something like that before in my years in racing and it must have felt awful in the cockpit as his rivals went by.” pic.twitter.com/Auz6y6FjUG
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) May 24, 2021
Despite all of the speculations concerning Bottas’ future, Toto Wolff, the person with the ability to resolve the driving force’s future, heaped praises on the 31-year-old for his combating spirit final week.
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