Hamilton has been congratulatory to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, his Mercedes teammate, for claiming the first win of his career at last weekend’s F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

It rep💙resented Mercedes’ only victory of 2022 and may prove to be Russell’s breakthrough moment as a future tit♓le challenger.

"I think obviously Lewis doesn't want 𝓰George beating him because Lewis wants to win every race as a racing driver," Button, an ex-teammate of Hamilton’𝓡s, told Sky.

"Five years earlier if George came into t꧋he team we'd see a different Lewis Hamilton in terms of his views on his teammate and opinions on him.

"Lewis is such a rounded character now in terms o༒f the way he goes racing. He's had so much success in the sport.

“He probably won't be racing for so many years so he's probably thinking 'this guy is basi🎶cally as good as it gets for people in their 20s right now, I'm in my late 30s and still able to fight him or beat him'.

"I think Lewis is very comfortable in himself, I think it's a really good driver pair🥂ing.

"They are both very respectful and that's the first thing you need, to be re꧒spectful and to be telling the truth in terms of set up, being open with your opinions and that's the only way they're going to work together and build as♌ a team."

Hamilton has also had competitive teammates in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg and, in his debut season, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso.

Hamilton is now a seven-time world champion whose hopes of claiming the all-time record, by which time he will be at least 38, hinge on his car and team’s ability to beat 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and Red Bull.

The issues thrown up in the relationship between Verstappen and his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez in Brazil offer an intriguing insight - how will Ham𒁏ilton and Russell’s cooperation develop in 2023?

"The�🍸�y are both alpha drivers and this is good," Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said.

"We don't want a puppy in the car. We manaꦦge that as well as we can."

Hamilton said to Sky before finishing s🐭econd behind Russell in Brazil: "I'm a lot older and I've been with the team so long.

"So man🌼aging whatever challenges we come up with moving forward, we've been through so much that I don't think it's going to be a problem.

"I've seen what he did at Williams. I think naturally you have to say it's impressive what he's done this year, the co꧒nsistency he's had, how he's arriv♈ed and just hit the ground running.

"It's not like he arrived in a completely brand new team. The previous couple of years he was sitting right behind me watching the work that I was doing with the engin🌱eers.

"It's been super easy to blend in. He uses my steering wheel, and he's obviousl🌳y got to do the test days prior to the year, so I think he's just blended in perfectly and he's been a positive force in the team.

"𝕴He's helped keep the equilibrium in the team. In terms of the working relationship? I think it's strong."

Russell said: "In some ways I've 𝓡felt like a bit of a rookie this year because the level at which this team operates on is a level that I've never experienced before, and I'm talking about things🎶 that I'd never even heard of in F1 before.

"That took m♒e some time to learn and understand how to get the most out of the team, out of the car.

"The capability within this team is huge and the potential is huge, and learning to use all the resources at our disposal to bring more performance,♍ 🍨is a lot more than I've ever been used to and it took me a little bit of a while to wrap my head around that."