168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell says he would welcome the “challenge” of having reigning F1 world champion168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Max Verstappen as his next Mercedes teammate.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s shock decisio🔥n to join Ferrari in 2025 has left Mercede😼s looking for a replacement to line up alongside Russell from next season.

With the controversy surrounding Christian Horn𝔉er not dying down amid a rumoured fallout and internal politics within the Red Bull camp, spec✃ulation about Verstappen’s future has ramped up.

There have been suggestions that the three-time world champion could be on Mercedes’ radar to replace Hamilton with team boss Toto Wo𓆉lff spotted deep in conversation with the Dutchꦚman’s father, Jos Verstappen, after the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

“This is my third season now alongside Lewis, the greatest driver of all time, and I feel like ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚI’ve done a pretty good job alongside him,” Russell 💝said ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

“So whoever were to line up alongside me next year, or the years to come, I welcꦜome anybody,ඣ I welcome the challenge.

“You always want to go against the best but ultimately for me, just♔ focus on myself and believe in myself. I believe I can beat anybody on the grid and you have just got to have that mental🅺ity.

“Having Lewis as my benchmark for the last❀ couple of years has been a pretty good benchmark for sure.”

Asked if he could see what would be a blockbuster swi🦄tch becoming reality, Russell replied: “I think any team want to have the best driver line-up possible and right now Max is the best driver on the grid.

“So if an𒉰y team had the chance to sign Max they’d 100% be taking it. I think the question is more on the other side, on his side and on Red Bull’s side.

“Obviously so much going on there and we don’t know what truly is going on behind closed doors and ultimately it’s none of our bus൩iness.

“But I guess, yeah, it would be exciting.”