On Thursday afternoon, Mercedes announced Russell and Lewis Hamilton will form💞 their driver line up until the end of 2025.

Russell was promoted to Mercedes from Williams for the 2022 campaign as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas’ replacement.

Reacting to the announcement of his new contract, Russell told Sky: “It was always part of the plan for us and it was n🐲ever in doubt either way. 

“I joined this team when I was 1♛7 years old, racing in F3 and they’ve always had their belief in me. 

“That was always part of the plan. Win F3, win F2, get to F𒅌1, get in a Mercedes and win the F1 title with Mercedes - that’s the plan for us. We’re not where w൲e want to be right now but it’s just the beginning and we’re on our journey.”

Russell enjoyed a great first season with Mercedes, taking his🐼 only win at the 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Sin🀅ce then, he’s struggled to beat teammate Hamilꦛton.

“You need to beat everybody,” he🧔 added. “I showed what I was capable of last year.🌳 Winning the race for the team and pole positions. 

“This year has been a challenging ye♕ar for me but it’s not been through a lack of pace. It’s just things haven’t been clicking in the right way in certain places. The cꩵar hasn’t been where we want it to be but I think last weekend in Zandvoort was a good reset. 

“The pace was there. I think we were right behind Max at Zandvoort to be on the podium but obviously it was a challenging weekend. Last half of the season is going to be exciting. We’ve got a coupleไ of goals - try and win a race this season, try and get P🥀2 in the championship for the team but the big one is next year.”