Valtteri Bottas leaves a message for Mercedes’ new comer George Russell
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Valtteri Bottas has had his last race for the Mercedes F1 team and in order to celebrate his 5 years with the team, Mercedes came up with masks with Valtteri Bottas on it. The whole of the Mercedes team was wearing the masks in his support. Even Lewis Hamilton was wearing his mask in the annual team picture.
After his final race with Mercedes Valtteri Bottas left a souvenir for George Russell which he shared as a tweet on his Twitter account. Valtteri Bottas left his face mask for him and wrote: “To George, Enjoy.” He seemed to be referring to the fact that he is Alfa Romeo bound and now it is up to George Russell to take on the mantle of being Mercedes Formula1 driver from next season.
Fans getting in on the act
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After posting the tweet online fans did not waste any time in sharing their opinions regarding the tweet and most of them reminded George Russell that he has to bring his A-game for Mercedes otherwise he could have a tough season for the silver arrows.
There were other fans as well who saw the funny side of things and a guy named Polodlintrepid shared a video when they both crashed into each other early in the 2021 season with George making his feelings clear on the radio regarding the incident.
George Russell has got a job on his hands at Mercedes
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We all know how well Valtteri and Lewis were able to work as a team with the pair winning 5 consecutive world championships for Mercedes. Valtteri joined Mercedes in 2017 and since then they have won the constructors in every season. This shows how well they were able to work as a team. Lewis has himself admitted many times that Valtteri has been his best teammate of all the teammates he has had previously.
It is going to be very crucial for George that he is able to settle in quickly at Mercedes and is able to help the team in every way possible. Formula1 is a team sport and with Lewis Hamilton, as his partner, he is going to be in the eyes of the media and is going to gather a lot of headlines. Whether the headlines are good or bad is going to depend on the type of performances he is able to deliver for the Brackley-based Mercedes outfit.
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