George Russell shares a special message to Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton to make 2024 ‘a season to remember’

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will enter their third and final F1 season as teammates this year.

George Russell shares a special message to Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton to make 2024 ‘a season to remember’

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton (via IMAGO)

Lewis Hamilton will be racing for Ferrari in 2025. The seven-time world champion will leave Mercedes after spending over a decade with the Brackley-based team. Certainly, Hamilton’s exit comes as a massive blow to the Silver Arrows. With 2024 being the final season of this historic pairing. Now, George Russell has shared a special message for his teammate before the start of the upcoming season.

Russell wrote a few words for Lewis Hamilton on X. The 25-year-old claimed that it was special for him have to the seven-time world champion as his teammate. George Russell was prepared to have a final run with Hamilton at the Silver Arrows.

It’s been special racing alongside you, @lewishamilton.
George Russell wrote on X
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The 25-year-old urged Hamilton to make the 2024 campaign memorable. It would perhaps be the last time Russell shared a team with the seven-time world champion. George Russell shared a couple of pictures with this post, one of himself and Lewis Hamilton with the entire Mercedes crew. The second photo showed the two Mercedes drivers shirtless inside cold water tubs.

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Let’s make this season one to remember.

Will George Russell get the upper hand on Lewis Hamilton in 2024?

George Russell was promoted to Mercedes in 2022 as the future of the team. The 25-year-old would lead the Silver Arrows when Hamilton eventually retired. However, things have changed drastically as the seven-time world champion shifts to arch-rival Ferrari for 2025.

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton (Via IMAGO)

Mercedes might be more inclined towards Russell in the upcoming season. In Formula 1, teams usually focus on their long-term prospects rather than a driver who would leave the squad soon. However, Toto Wolff‘s squad will likely remain professional and give fair treatment to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell throughout 2024.

Certainly, George Russell would be looking to outperform Hamilton in the upcoming season. The 25-year-old would solidify himself as a potential future world champion if he manages to beat Lewis Hamilton in his final Mercedes season. As such, fans would be looking forward to seeing the battle between the two British drivers this season.

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