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Russell: As good as it looks for Hamilton's stand-in?

George Russell took the plaudits of the Formula 1 paddock amid a skilled, timesheet-topping debut for Mercedes which has raised tantalising questions and prospects for Lewis Hamilton's stand-in at the Sakhir GP, starting with qualifying on Saturday. But Russell himself was keen to strike a note of caution at the end of a Friday which saw him top both practice sessions on his first day at the wheel of Mercedes' title-winning 2020 car. "Just because I was quickest today it doesn't mean that's where I'm going to be tomorrow," he warned. In many senses the 22-year-old is right; Valtteri Bottas and not Hamilton has frequently been the Mercedes driver to set the pace on Fridays in F1...
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