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"Everybody at Mercedes, and Williams, knows I beat Lando and Alex last year"
George Russell has had a strong Formula 1 debut season but has struggled to prove his pace as he has been stuck at the back of the grid with Williams. However, the Brit is not too down as he beat both Lando Norris and Alex Albon in Formula 2, and they have gone on to have successful 2019's.
"Everybody at Mercedes, and Williams, knows I beat Lando and Alex last year," Russell said to MotorsportWeek.
"I’m on the exact same course as Charles[Leclerc], factually, he won GP3, I won GP3, he won F2, I won F2, both in our first seasons, so now that Charles has the most amount of poles, and is winning races, Alex is showing what he’s capable of, Lando is doing a decent job, I’m happy for these guys."
Russell believes that Norris' and Albon's success will, in the long run, make his performances look better.
"I actually want them to do better as the better they do the better it is for me," he said.
“When my time comes and I’m negotiating or whatever, I can say ‘well I’ve not really been fully able to show what I can do, but I showed what I did last year and the year before, versus these guys, and they’re clearly showing what they can do’.
"If they were doing a bad job it probably wouldn’t give the same sort of credit to what I did in F2."
Russell will hope that he gets a seat at a faster team before too long and that he can start to show how fast he really is.