George Russell has crashed a Mercedes for the primary time this yr – however was capable of chortle it off.
The Mercedes Components 1 driver shared a collection of photographs of himself driving a street automobile on a snow drift in Sweden.
It appears even through the winter break, these F1 drivers can not assist themselves however to hunt pace…
“I couldn’t wait till subsequent month to get behind the wheel once more,” Russell joked alongside an image of a Mercedes that was caught within the snow.
“This place by no means ceases to amaze me! All the time unbelievable driving on the frozen lakes of Sweden.
“Limits are made to be pushed in spite of everything!”
Russell launched footage proving that he hit 200km/h driving on the frozen lake.
George Russell is Mercedes new senior driver
2025 is about to be a really totally different season for Russell.
Lewis Hamilton’s exit to Ferrari signifies that Mercedes is a strikingly totally different setting, with out essentially the most profitable driver in F1 historical past.
Final yr, the spectacular Russell out-gunned his illustrious teammate Hamilton in qualifying on Saturdays.
Russell completed sixth within the drivers’ championship, one spot forward of Hamilton.
However this yr, Russell will turn out to be Mercedes’ senior driver in Hamilton’s absence.
He will probably be examined as an alternative by rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Antonelli is massively touted by Toto Wolff however how that interprets into F1 efficiency stays to be seen.
