George Russell will not be the successor to Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes, according to Jacques Villeneuve. The Canadian has another surprising driver in mind who will join Lewis Hamilton in 2022 at the successful Mercedes team.
“I think they can send Bottas to Aston Martin in 2022,” the former F1 driver begins his response as he tells him Free being asked whether Bottas should retire from Formula 1. “Bottas can take the place of Lance Stroll, who in turn can make the switch to Mercedes.”
“The dream of Stroll Senior, who has a very good relationship with Toto Wolff, is to see his son win a world title. Toto needs a replacement for Bottas and Hamilton certainly doesn’t want to see someone like Russell as his team-mate. have a teammate like Bottas, someone who can’t disturb him,” Villeneuve’s thoughts.
In the eyes of the former Williams driver, it is also only logical that a team focuses on one driver. “To win, you always have to follow the line of the strongest driver. Or you have to have two drivers with the same driving style, but otherwise you will always have to focus on the stronger of the two drivers.”
“Look at Red Bull Racing, they have made a car that suits Max Verstappen and in his hands the car is very fast. No one will feel as comfortable in that car as he does.”
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