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Brawn: ‘Exceptional' Russell is World Champion material
George Russell’s outing at the Sakhir Grand Prix proved that he has the qualities of a Formula 1 World Champion, according to the sport’s Managing Director Ross Brawn. Russell came close to taking his first F1 victory on his Mercedes debut as he subbed for Lewis Hamilton, who returned a positive Covid-19 test last week. After missing out on pole position by an agonising gap of 0.026s, a number of occurrences sabotaged Russell’s route to victory on Sunday, including being given Valtteri Bottas’ tyres during a pit stop and a late-race slow puncture. Despite the disappointing result at the chequered flag, Brawn believes Russell showcased that he is a World Champion in the making....
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