Mercedes replaced 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas with Russell for this campaign, marking their first driver change since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement at the end of 2016.

Given Russell’s potential coming into the team, there were fears that the previous calm atmosphere betweeꦉn Hamilton and Bottas would be eroded.

However, things have remained civil between Hamilton anꦓd Russell, partially down to Mercedes not having a car capable of challenging for wins or the championship.

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Speaking after Hamilton’s P2 finish at the United States Grand Prix, Wolff revealed that his current drivers have a “real﷽ly respectful an꧃d constructive relationship”.

“It’s really difficult to be friends in the paddock especially if you’re teammates but what I see is a really respectful and constructive relationship,” Wolff said. “I’ve never seen before two drivers that in a meeting they’re s🐬aying ‘What are you feeling in that corne🅺r?’ ‘Have you got the same problem?’. 

“There’s a re✅al active exchange rather than keeping their cards to their chest so I think that’s good for us.” 

Russell currently sits 20 points ahead of Hamilton in the drivers’168澳洲5最新开奖结果: standings with three rounds remaining.

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The former Williams driver showed inc🐎redible consistency in the first half of the season, failing only to finish outside the top five on just one occasion - at Silverstone - when he crashed out.

Despite being ahead of his lౠegendary teammate, Russell admitted in Austin 𒉰that winning races and championships is his main aim, not just beating Hamilton.

“If you asked me that at the start of the season I probably would have s🤪ai🔯d it means everything because if you beat Lewis Hamilton it means you'll be world champion,” Russell said in Austin.

“Obviously I want to finish ahead of him, of c🌳ourse. I'm here to win races and be on pole position and I want to fight for championships. It is everything on the line at the minute to try and achieve that.

“There are examples like in Montreal when I took the gaꦛmble on the slicks. If I just wante🐻d to beat my teammate I would have stayed out on the wets and made sure that was my focus but we had to roll the dice.”