george russell made his name as a formula one rising star with outstanding performances for struggling williams in NUMBER_TOKEN he gets his big chance with mercedes where he will take on a seven times world champion teammate in lewis hamilton it's one thing to excel down the grid in fNUMBER_TOKEN with occasional cameos at the front but there's plenty of examples of drivers who did that but blew it when they got their big chance this season is russell's chance to prove that he can fulfill his potential and establish himself as an fNUMBER_TOKEN star so what makes russell and mercedes team principal toto wolff so sure he's up to the task and can he really be anything other than a number two to hamilton who is after all one of the greatest grand prix drivers of all time
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