Russell, now in his second season with Mercedes, signed a new deal until the end of 2025 to remain alongside seven-time champion ꦗLewis Hamilton.

With Max Verstappen on course for a third straight title and showing no sign of slowing down, Russell has learned lessons from the pastꦉ.

“Max spent four years at Red Bull b🥀efore he got his chance of truly fighting for a championship♑,” Russell told . 

“And the same with Schu🦂macher, when he we🦂nt to Ferrari it was four years before he won a championship. 

“Whereas we all look at him as the guy who was at Ferrari, dominant, won everything, you know, it took four 🅘or five years before he got that success there.”

Schumacher joined Ferrari in 1996 as a two-time champion with Benetton, but spent four years building towa🎶rds his golden period.

From 2000 he embarked on a sensat💮ional fiꦫve-year run of winning the championship every season.

Russell must🔴 accept driving alongside the feted Hamilton, and therefore not being an undisputed No1 driver in his team, for the next two-and-a-half years.

Althoug𒁏h Mercedes made that dynamic work when Nico Rosberg was Hamilton’s teammaꦉte, as they both won titles.

Russel🥀l denied ever contemplating leaving Mercedes before penning his new deal.

"We're on this journey and it's sort of like we're bound to one another🌜,” said ys Russell. 🤪;

“You're like a marr𒁃ied couple, you’re in this together.

“I think if you're with Mercedes or Red Bull, you can be very conไfident that if one isn't winning, the other one's going to be ri🔥ght there chasing and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

“Mercedes were the ones who believed🐼 in 𒁏me. They're the ones who supported me. 

“And I feel almost like a duty to return their faith in me, with loyalty, with delivering my best and ultimately delivering a championship with them: that is my dream and my🌌 goal.”