Russell out-scored Hami🔜lton by 35 points in his first year with the team, taking Merce𒁃des’ only win and pole position in 2022.

However, the final F1 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:standings♐ didn’t tell the whole pictu꧙re with experimental setups in the first half year, combined with some misfortune, put Hamilton on the back foot. 

Regardless, the pair were evenly-matched throughout the year, giving Mercedes arguably the best 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2023 F1 driver line-up.

Tost - who is in charge of Red Bull’s sister team, AlphaTauri - thinks Russell will be the one to take the fight to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc next year.

“The superiority shown by Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing this ye☂ar is quite rare. I expect a three-way battle between Max, Charles Leclerc and George Russell, who isꦑ already stronger than Lewis Hamilton”, Tost said as quoted in .

Change at AlphaTauri

After losing168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Pierre Gasly to Alpine, AlphaTauri have signed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.

De Vries isn’t a typical rookie𒆙 given his wealth of motorsport experience, winning the F2 and Formula E titles in recent years.

At 27, de V⛦ries is two years older than reigning champion Verstappen♛.

Tost💯 admitted that AlphaTauri were impressed♛ by how de Vries performed at the recent end-of-season Abu Dhabi test.

"Yuki Tsunoda has developed reasonably well, has been able to improve and has been faster than Pierre Gasly in recent qualifying,” he added. “How much he can still improve will🤪 depen𒆙d solely on him, but I expect a strong 2023. 

“And Nyck had a very good test in Abu Dhabi and his feedback was very good, w🥀e were impressed."