Lewis Hamilton<\/a> now leaves Mercedes to join Ferrari, while George Russell will become the team leader alongside the 18-year-old prodigy, Andrea Kimi Antonelli.<\/p>\n\u00ab The season is now over. We have been lagging behind all weekend, and I think it was a quite symbolic end with Lewis, just one second behind after these three years together. Honestly, I am really happy for him that he had a great last race, because I think he deserved it. The team deserved to offer him this farewell. And yes, I am just glad it’s over now \u00bb, said George Russell after the race.<\/p>\n
I learned a lot from Lewis.<\/p>\n
George Russell has held his own against Lewis Hamilton on the track, outqualifying him 19 times compared to 5 this year. Over their three years together, Hamilton has only outscored Russell by three points in total<\/b>, underlining just how evenly matched they have been since the start of their partnership in 2022.<\/p>\n
Before their duel in the final lap, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff intervened on the radio to tell Russell:<\/p>\n
\u00ab George, to state the obvious, remains clean with Lewis. \u00bb Russell ensured that this reminder was not necessary, asserting to have \u00ab a lot of respect \u00bb for his teammate.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Of course, of course. Toto doesn’t need to say it. Lewis and I have so much respect for each other, we have always raced hard, but fairly, until the end. But in the end, for me, having had these three years together, I learned so much from Lewis as a driver and as a person. Today, he deserved to finish ahead of me, because he was faster all weekend.<\/p>\n
\u00ab And as I said, I am just proud to have shared these years with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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