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Russell fairytale rests on beating experienced duo

An extraordinary week in Formula 1 will end with George Russell, who is yet to score a point in the sport in 36 starts, take on proven race winners Valterri Bottas and Max Verstappen at the head of the grid in Sunday evening's Sakhir GP. Russell, called up on Wednesday from Williams to fill F1's most high profile seat after Lewis Hamilton tested positive for coronavirus, starts second on the grid to Mercedes regular Bottas after coming tantalisingly close - 0.026 seconds - to pole position. Despite not comfortably fitting in a car optimised for the shorter Hamilton and Bottas - something he likened to "squeezing into a bathtub" - Russell has adapted remarkably swiftly to both the...
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