Mercedes Confirm George Russell for 2022!

In this episode, we give our reaction to the news that Mercedes have confirmed George Russell will race for the team in 2022.We discuss how Mercedes came to the decision to confirm George Russell will race for the team, and what we can expect from George Russell when he lines up alongside his new Mercedes team mate - Lewis Hamilton in 2022.We look into the factors that influenced Mercedes' decision to sign George Russell, and why now is the right time to promote him into the team. We also discuss why Mercedes preferred to keep Bottas up until now, as well as well they had no choice but to promote George Russell into the team in 2022.In addition, we also discuss the news that Valterri Bottas (who has been replaced at Mercedes by George Russell) will fare after the news broke this week that he will be joining Alfa Romeo to replace the retiring Kimi Raikkonen on a Multi Year deal from 2022. And what challenges and opportunities lie in wait for him.We also give our reaction to the news that Alpha Tauri have confirmed that Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda will race for them in 2022.And finally, we discuss the remaining seat at Williams and Alfa Romeo being up for grabs with three possible candidates, Alex Albon, Nyck De Vries, and Guanyu Zhou. With the former of the three caught in a potential tug of war between Red Bull and Mercedes over his preferred seat at Williams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices