Nota Bene Mercedes driver George Russell said on Thursday Sky Sports That conversations from Wolff with the camp trips may ensure that his own contract discussions are delayed. Although he added that he found that no more than normal.
Questions about this then avoided Wolff as much as possible. “It is logical that you will explore and look at what can happen in the future. But that does not change my opinion about George and Kimi Antonelli. I am very happy with our current line-up,” said Wolff in Austria.
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The team boss and CEO of the Formula 1 team of Mercedes continued: “For whatever reason, we always see stories in the media in the media about contract discussions during this period. Often also driven by a lack of information. Such conversations do not take place publicly, but behind closed doors. Furthermore, I don’t want to say too much about it.
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Wolff is enthusiastic about Russell, who won his first race of the season earlier this month in Canada. “In recent years we have not given him a car with which he could fight for the championship. But the times he has a competitive car, he is always there. Whether Max and George could form a duo? We also drove here with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. After that everything is easy …”