George Russell hails Lewis Hamilton after epic last-lap battle: “He deserved it”
George Russell reacts to his epic last-lap scr൲ap with Lewis Hamilton.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell believes his last-lap battle with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a “fitting way” for their time toget🌺her as teammaꦐtes to end at Mercedes.
Hamilton overtook Russell on the final lap of the race at the Yas Marin𝔉a Circuit for fourth♚ place.
The seven-time 🍒world champion enjoyed a strong race from 16th on the grid to finish fourth in his final race for Mercedes.
Hamilton will now bow out of Mercedes for Ferrari, while Russell will become the team’s leader along🗹side 18-year-old wonderkid Andrea Kimi Anto♒nelli.
Ref🥀lecting on the last-lap battle with Hamilton, Russell said: “The season’s come to a close now. We’ve been off the pace this whole weekend, and I felt like it was quite a fitting way to finish with Lewis, just one second apart after these three years.
“To be h♏onest, I’m just really happy for him that he had a great final rꦑace, because I think he deserved it.
“The team deserved to give꧃ him the send-off. And yeah, just pleased that it’s come to a close now.”
“Learned so much from Lewis”
Russell has fared well again﷽st Hamilton on-track, out-qualifying him 19–5 this ye🦹ar.
Across thei🔯r three years together, Hamilton outscored Russell by just three points, showing how evenly matched they’ve been since the start of 2022.
Before their battle on the lღast lap, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff came on the team radio and told Russell: “George, stating the obvious, keep it clean with Lewis.”
Russell stated that Wolff’s message wasn’t needed as he has “so much respect” for hiꩵs veteran teammate.
“Of course, of course. Toto doesn’t need to say it,” he added. “Lewis and I have got so much respect for one another, we always raced hard but fa♛irly, and come down to the wire.
“But ultimately, for me, having these thrꦯee years together, [I’ve] learned so much from Lewis as a driver, as a person. Today he deserved to finish ahead of me, because he’s been quicker this whole weekend.
“And as I said, I’m just sort of… proud toღ have had these y🐈ears.”

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