Valtteri Bottas changes to Alfa Romeo, Lewis Hamilton gets a new rivals at Mercedes - and as meaning, the whole formula 1 knows.
Formula One is waiting for the generations duel at Mercedes - and now at least the cockpit is beside Lewis Hamilton: Valtteri Bottas leaves the silver arrows after five years and makes room for top talent George Russell. Bottas changes to Alfa Romeo in the coming season, Mercedes should now go very fast.
Even before the Grand Prix of Italy next Sunday (15.00 o'clock / Sky) is to be expected the confirmation of the Personalism, where anyway no one has doubted anyway: Russell, at the moment still at Williams parked, is from the Junior Cader of Mercedes promoted into the work team.
Before this could be officially, it was necessary to give Bottas a decent farewell. At Alfa Romeo, the former clean-team from Switzerland, he replaces his Finnish compatriot Kimi Räikkönen, who finished his career in winter.
For me, a new chapter opens, Bottas said, the potential with this brand in Hinwil is clear, I want to help lead the team under the new regulations from 2022 upwards. I am hungry for good results and, if The time has come, even on victories.
He is proud of what he had achieved at Mercedes, and fully focuses to finish this job. At Mercedes, he was over the years to the reliable pilot beside Hamilton, in this way, the proportion of the series winding of the team, but could hardly shine himself.
Russell: Kronprinz from Hamilton at Mercedes
In 2017, the 32-year-old today was changing to Mercedes, there should actually give a promising career the next thrust. In addition to Hamilton, Bottas then became increasingly pale and was sometimes even to the tragic figure - so big were the performance differences. His desire to win the World Cup title was not near Bottas in Mercedes.
Hamilton was really demanded in the Teamduell in 2016, when Nico Rosberg grabbed his title. Russell is now well admitted to meet the record world champion at eye level. Everyone wants to drive against the best, and Lewis Hamilton is the best of all time, he said last: You want to see how you hit yourself in the same team.
Since 2017, the 23-year-old has been promoted by Mercedes. This season, Russell shows strong services in the inferior Williams. The highlight was the second starting place in the qualifying of Spa at the end of August. Since there was no real race in Belgium due to the strong rain, Russell also celebrated his first podium place there.
In the past season, the English was also allowed to replace the diseased Hamilton at Mercedes in Bahrain and would probably have won the race immediately if the boxing crew did not have a mistake.
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Due to strong appearances in the junior series and now in Formula 1, Russell has been regarded as a crown prince of his successful compatriot. In the coming season, the royal class now probably gets the direct generation of generation at Mercedes.
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