Russell has claimed in the past that he does not put personal ambition above team interests.
“My ambitions and goals are incredibly clear and I want to become F1 World Champion, but I would never put my own agenda or goals above the team, no matter who my teammate is,” he said.
But Sky Sports expert Martin Brundle believes “friction” between the two would be inevitable.
“If I look ahead, there will be two or three years in the life of anyone but Formula One and it will be Max Verstappen versus Charles Leclerc versus Lando Norris – you must have one of the youngsters on your team to help create the new to control. ” Direction, ”he said.
“If you put George on trial he’ll go in there and there would be friction between him and Lewis, no doubt about that because George would be resolute and he would want to prove himself, get his … elbow out right now.
“Mercedes has to think about two or three years and these decisions are very heavily made with such a timeframe.
“You need a driver who wins the race when Lewis doesn’t and you have the fastest car.”
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