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Valtteri Bottas Was Too ‘Crap’ For George Russell Comparison

George Russell was immediately on the pace after jumping into Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes W11 in Bahrain last month, and he was set to win the Sakhir Grand Prix ahead of Valtteri Bottas. However, a combination of bad luck and a team mistake in the pits costed him victory, but many in the paddock were nevertheless impressed by Russell’s strong performance that weekend. READ: ‘Give Me Adrian Newey & We Don’t Need The Best Driver To Win’ But, in a recent interview, Helmut Marko, a senior advisor at Red Bull, said that he believes Bottas was too “crap” in Bahrain for an accurate comparison against Russell to be made. Marko also explained why Red Bull didn’t consider signing...
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