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Russell: Hamilton shoes 'hardest ever' to fill
George Russell believes he has the "hardest shoes ever to fill" by standing in for Lewis Hamilton in the world championship-winning Mercedes at the Sakhir GP. The 22-year-old Briton, who has only previously raced for Williams towards the back of the field in the sport and is yet to score an F1 point, has vowed to take a "step by step" approach over the race weekend to building up his confidence and understanding of the W11 - which he will drive for the very first time in practice in Bahrain on Friday, which begins at 1.30pm live on Sky Sports F1. Hamilton, sidelined for the first GP of his career after testing positive for Covid-19 on Monday, has won 11 of this season's...
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