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‘Mercedes have another future star in Russell'
Although George Russell has yet to make his official F1 debut, Toto Wolff is already billing the Formula 2 champ as a 'star in the future.' Russell, who won last year's Formula 2 championship to add to his GP3 title, will race for Williams in Formula 1 this season. Last year it was announced that he had signed a multi-year with the former F1 champions and will partner Robert Kubica in 2019. The 20-year-old, though, has retained his ties to Mercedes as he is still a member of their driver programme. Recalling his first meeting with Russell as a teenager, Mercedes motorsport boss Wolff reckons that in the Brit they have a possible star of the future. 'My first encounter with George was when...
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