George Russell, William’s driver and now replacement for Hamilton, will be debuting for Mercedes this weekend!
Despite his admittedly abysmal performance in his career so far with 0 career points, Russell is known to be one of the most talented rookie drivers on the paddock. Why, you ask?
He was the Formula 2 Champion in 2018
He was the 2017 GP3 Champion
He’s been a part of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Junior Driver Program
He’s been a test driver for Mercedes multiple times
He has also test-driven for Force India One (now known as Racing Point)
From these stats, it’s easy to see that while he obviously has the talent, Russell’s performance has been majorly hindered by the Williams car he’s been driving for the past two seasons.
While most of us were hoping that he’d leave Williams for the 2021 season (and hopefully sign with Mercedes 
), he has unfortunately signed with Williams for another season 
Nevertheless, here’s hoping that he proves all of his haters wrong and lives up to his true potential in Sunday’s race!