Toto Wolff admits George Russell is not being considered for the second seat at the Mercedes AMG Motorsport team for 2020 as he believes it would be too early in his Formula 1 career for him to be promoted to a front-line team. Valtteri Bottas currently holds the drive but Wolff, the team principal of Mercedes, admits it is either the Finn or current reserve driver Esteban Ocon that will be Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate next season, with Russell likely to be given an additional year in a smaller team before becoming an option. Wolff says he looked at what Red Bull Racing did with Max Verstappen before bringing him into their frontline team, with the Dutchman being given more than a year at...
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