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Mercedes Hamilton replacement drive revealed in “2am bathroom call” - Russell
George Russell has revealed he was in the bathroom in the early hours of the morning when Mercedes boss Toto Wolff called to ask him to replace Lewis Hamilton in this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix. Mercedes protégé and former test driver Russell, who now races with Williams, took the call after Hamilton tested positive for Covid-19 following last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Article continues under video But it was in a dream-like conversation that Russell, who is yet to score his first F1 point after 36 races, initially discovered he was to be given the chance to step up to top machinery. “I got a phone call from Toto at 2am on Tuesday morning and I was in the bathroom at the time,...
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