George Russell believes it was 'laughable' that Mercedes were convinced to sign him as a junior by his F3 exploits. Russell spent two years in Formula 3 from 2015-16, claiming just three wins across stints with Carlin and Hitech. The Brit finished P6 and P3 in the Championship during his two seasons, yet Mercedes saw enough to sign him and he went on to win the 2017 GP3 Championship and 2018 F2 Championship back-to-back. Now, Russell's career has almost gone full circle driving an uncompetitive Williams car while being watched by Mercedes, similarly to how he won their support driving for Hitech who were a new team at the time and couldn't give him a car to catch runaway champion Lance...
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