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Russell: Racing at the front ‘mentally much tougher'

After his experience in a Mercedes, George Russell believes fighting at the front will be mentally tougher than being a backmarker.  The Briton has spent the vast majority of his time in Formula 1 at the back of the grid with Williams, failing to score a point for the team in his two full seasons there. However, he did get a taste of life further forward last season when chosen to stand in for Lewis Hamilton, who had tested positive for COVID-19, at the Sakhir Grand Prix. It was a roller-coaster of a weekend because after being narrowly beaten to pole position by Valtteri Bottas in qualifying, Russell passed and stayed ahead of the Finn on race day before a pit-stop error from Mercedes...
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