Toto Wolff has dropped a strong hint that Mercedes’ driver line-up for 2022 will be finalised during the summer break. One half of the consecutive seven-time World Champions’ pairing is already known – that will be Lewis Hamilton, who recently signed a two-year contract extension. Valtteri Bottas and George Russell are vying to be Hamilton’s team-mate, the Finn hoping a sixth year with the Silver Arrows is in the offing while the 23-year-old Briton is targeting a call-up from his current status as their most prominent ‘junior’ driver. The smart money is on Russell, who continues to impress for the Williams team, where he is ‘on loan’ from Mercedes, and sparkled again in...
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