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The following month he added: “If I’m honest, I feel like at the moment we have the combination that is the best in terms of balancing the team and knowing how to develop our car.”
And Bottas told MTV Sport in his native Finland: “Lewis has told me quite directly that he would like me to be his teammate. Together we can do very well. The fact is, drivers can’t make a terrible impact on it.
“Yes, there’s a bigger machine behind it that ultimately makes those decisions.”
It all comes down to whether Wolff and the Daimler board at Mercedes decide the time is right for change, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen breathing down Hamilton’s neck in the title race.
As one of the stand-out youngsters in the sport, Russell is tipped to do great things behind the wheel of the right car.
If they put him alongside Hamilton on the grid, Mercedes will have an all-British, all-star lineup to challenge in 2022.
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