For the first time since he joined Mercedes, George Russell will this year race against Lewis Hamilton not as a team-mate but as a direct F1 title rival at Ferrari

George Russell has described Lewis Hamilton ’s shock F1 switch to Ferrari as being a “total bombshell”. Hamilton left the F1 world stunned by announcing he would be leaving Mercedes after 12 illustrious years in order to complete a blockbuster transfer to rivals Ferrari last February.

While Toto Wolff got the early heads-up that Lewis Hamilton would be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari, George Russell had no idea. Therefore, the news came as a “total bombshell” to Russell that Hamilton was heading for the exit and he would be getting a ...