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George Russell says being Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate at Mercedes is “probably helping me gain a few years of experience”.
George Russell joined Mercedes in 2022, after three difficult years with the struggling Williams team.
In a year-end interview, the young Briton talked about his relationship with his new team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
“It has been good,” Russell told GPFans.com.
“I’ve always had a huge amount of respect for him, but equally, he’s always shown me the respect and given me the time.
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“It helped that when I was in Formula 2, I’d often fly with Lewis from some of the races and spend time with him in the engineering office, so we naturally had a good relationship, anyway.
“Seeing how he works with the team has been a really good opportunity for me to learn from someone who has more experience than anyone, except Fernando [Alonso], on this grid.
“You can’t buy experience, so having that chance to be in the garage next to him and sit opposite him in the engineer’s office is probably helping me gain a few years of experience.
“It is maybe making up for my three years where I was trying to lead the team at Williams when I actually had very little experience in that regard,” the Briton concluded.
