Hamilton’s 2022 was statistically the worst of his career - he didn’t win a single grand prix for the first time ever and now, aged 37, must find a way to wrestle back F1 dominance from his great rival Max Verstappen.

But Russell has also emerged as a potential threat - the younger Mercedes driver was ꦰresponsible for the team’s only race win of 2022, in Brazil. It was Russell’s first-ever victory and he sees himself as a future world champion.

"They are an interesting duo in terms of personalities, because Lewis Hamilton usually has his ego flown in by jumbo jet and George Russell is more of a chatterbox w🦩ho approaches things with an open mind,” Danner said to .

“To have those two in one team,ꦕ I find ver🦹y exciting.”

Germany’s Danner, now 64, drove in F1 d🃏uring the 1980s for Zakspeed, Osella, Arrows and R𒁏ial.

He thinks Fer�🧸�rari will regret replacing team principal Mattia Binotto with Fred Vasseur: "There is a magic word for success in Formula 1, and that is continuity.

"❀I am afraid Ferrarꩲi will be set back up three years by the departure of Mattia Binotto.”