Hamilton has been congratulatory to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, his Mercedes teammate, for claiming the first win of his career at last weekend’s F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

It represented Mercedes’ only victory of 2022 and may prove to be Russell’s breakthrough momꦰent as a future title challenger.

"I think obviously Lewis doesn't want George beating him because Lewis wants to w🐓in every race as a racing driver," Button, an ex-teammate of Hamilton’s, told Sky.

"Five year𒊎s earlier if George came into the team we'd see aඣ different Lewis Hamilton in terms of his views on his teammate and opinions on him.

"Lewis is such a rounded character now in terms of the way he go𝔉es racing🅷. He's had so much success in the sport.

“He 💦probably won't be racing for so many years so he's probably thinking 'this guy is basically as good as it gets for people in their 20s right now, I'm in m🌠y late 30s and still able to fight him or beat him'.

"I think Lewis is very comfortable in himself, I thi𓃲nk it's a reallyﷺ good driver pairing.

"They are both very respectful and that's the first thing you need, to be respectful and to be telling the truth i💖n terms of set up, being open with your opinions and that's the only way they're going to work together and build as a teamꦫ."

Hamilton has also had competitive teammates in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg and, in his debut season, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso.

Hamilton is now a seven-time world champion whose hopes of claiming the all-time record, by which time he will be at least 38, hinge on his car and team’s ability to beat 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and Red Bull.

The issues thrown up in the relationship between Verstappen and his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez in Brazil offer an intriguing in🦩sight - how will Hamilton and Russell’s cooperation develop in 2023?

"They are both alpha drivers and this is good," Mercedes team principal T꧃oto W💧olff said.

"We don't want𒆙 a puppy in the car. We manage that as well as we can."

Hamilton said to ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚSky before finishing second behind Russell in Brazil: "I'm a lot older and I've been with the team so long.

"So managing whatever challenges we come up with moving forw🏅ard, we've been through so much that I don't think it's going to be a problem.

"I've seen what he did at Williams. I think naturally you have to say it's impressive what he's done this year, the conꦏsistency he's had, how he's arrived and just hit 🧔the ground running.

"It's not like he arrived in a 🍸completely brand new team. The previous couple of years he was sitting right behind me watching the work that I was doing with the engineers.

"It's been super easy to bleꦬnd in. He uses my steering wheel, and he's obviously got to do the test days prior to the year, so I think he's just blended in perfectly and he's been a positive force in the team.

"He's helped keep the equilibrium in the team. In terms of the working relationsh⛎ip? I think it's strong."

Russell said: "In some ways I've felt like a bit of a rookie this year because the level at which this team operates on is a level that I've never 𝓀experienced before, and I'm talking about things that I'd never even heard of in F1 before.

"That took me some time to learn and ✃understand how to get the most out of the team, out of the car.

"The capability within this team is huge and the potential is huge, and learning to use 🉐all the resources at our disposal to bring more performance, is a lot more than I've ever been used to and it took me a little bit of a while to wrap 🐻my head around that."