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Alonso: Russell case proves judging young drivers is 'complicated'
Fernando Alonso says that judging F1's younger generation is "complicated" because of the prevalence of one's car, as George Russell demonstrated in Bahrain last year. Russell substituted for Lewis Hamilton at the Sakhir GP when the Mercedes driver was sidelined by a bout of COVID-19. The talented young Briton, who up until then had spent most of the 2020 season in the lower tier of the field with Williams, promptly qualified second before he dominated proceedings on race day until a pitstop blunder in the Mercedes deprived him of a sensational win. Alonso believes there is no lack of exceptional young talent in F1 but wonders just how much of a young gun's performance should be...
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