In a mightily impressive rookie Mercedes campaign, Russell became the first teammate to outscore Lewis Hamilton in six years, finishing fourth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2022 drivers’ standings, two places and 35 points clear of his seven-time world champ🧔ion tea💃mmate. 

Despite what proved to be a🎃 hugely challenging season for Mercedes with a car that was largely not competitive, Russell claimed ꦿthe team’s sole victory of 2022 with a superb drive in Brazil to beat Hamilton. 

His performances caught the ey⭕🌄e of two-time F1 world champion Hakkinen, who has backed Russell to come out on top again next season. 

“What he did in Brazil, it was brilliant,🐻” Hakkinen told Top Gear Mꦦagazine. “The team has improved the car massively, so they can win races. Is he able to continue that trend?

“If he can keep with that e♍xperience what he has in Mercedes, and experience what he has in Fo🌺rmula One in general, he can keep Lewis behind. It’s really impressive.

“Because Lewis is incredible. Incredible personality, incredible driver. So if George can go for it, then I think Eng😼land can look like ‘Wow, what a driver we have.”

And Hakkinen believes Russell, who starred in uncompetitive machinery at Williams for three ye📖ars prior to joining M𒈔ercedes, has all the potential to become a future world champion. 

“The ♓list is unbelievably long when you start fine-tuning every aspect of being a racing driver,” Hakkinen explained. “But he has already a massiv༒ely long career behind him.

“Talking about karting, all those other categories, and his knowledge of data, his capabilities handling the car in extreme situations… I am confident he has🦋 all the potential to be a great driver, 𒀰potential becoming a world champion.”