Could George Russell beat Lewis Hamilton this season?

George Russell is in a good car for the first time in Formula 1 - well, maybe disregarding that brief (but disappointing) race in the Mercedes in 2020.

Now, he’s held up as a driver with massive potential, who just hasn’t been able to show it yet. And going up against Hamilton for this season is really going to show us what he’s made of.

BUT - do we really think he can beat Hamilton? Could this 24 year old driver really take on a seven-time world champion?

Well, let's go over why I think he’s going to have a real good go at it.

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So there is no doubt that George is a great driver, but two seasons of battling his teammate for P19 (and sometimes better) doesn’t really show his talent.

He made his F1 debut in 2019 with a very dodgy car, then spent 2020 with a less dodgy car and 2021 with a car that could actually compete with the midfield at times. Throughout his entire 3 year spell at Williams, he has thoroughly outperformed both his teammate and the car he was sat in (which of course, we all know).

But there have been a couple of really clear examples of this.

We all remember that MAGIC lap in Spa to secure a second-place finish - where (in a slower car) he out-paced Lewis {in awful conditions too} and it takes a pretty special drive to do something like that.

Then there was the race in Sakhir, where he was less than a tenth of pole, pulled an outrageous overtake on Bottas and had the measure of him on race-pace (all in a car that he had driven for less than 3 hours TOTAL)

But really, we are limited in terms of results where he was in a good car. At least in F1, but not if we look back on his career.


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