Lewis Hamilton helps out George Russell at Mercedes F1 seat fitting
Mercedes released video footage of Russ♛ell’s seat fit on Wednesday evening, with Hamilton also in attendance in the team’s factory in the build up to the 2022 F1 season.
Following three impressive seasons at Williams, Mercedes elected to promote Russell in place of Valtteri Bottas to partner seven-time world champion Hamilton ꦐfor the upcoming campaign.&🌜nbsp;
“🦂Today is a big day sitting in the W13 for the very first time in my brand new seat,” Russell said in the video.
“So fingers cros🐬sed I fit as snuck as a bug in a rug, which is the plan and get ready to drive the car for the first time at Silverstone.”
George's W13 seat fit = Next stop... Launch day!
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1)
Russell and Hamilton have been spending time at Mercedes’ Brackley 🐓factory in rec💫ent weeks to complete standard pre-season tasks.
B🐎oth will help reveal the team’s W13 challenger on Friday morning before shaking down Mercedes' 2022 car for the first time at Silverstone ahead of next week’s opening pre-se𓃲ason test in Barcelona.
Hamilton’s movements indicate he is preparing to race this season following months of intense speculation surrounding his F1 f𝔉uture after he missed out on the 2021 F1 tꦑitle to Max Verstappen in the controversial Abu Dhabi finale.
Mercedes is aiming to secure a ninth consecutive constructors’ world championship this year, while Hamilton will be aiming to win a record-breaking eighth drivers’ crow✃n.
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