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Russell: I'm a bit gutted to miss out on pole

No Matter how good the car, it was always going to be a tough ask for George Russel, with four hours in the Mercedes W11, to beat Valtteri Bottas with around 150 hours of seat time in the same championship-winning car. But in qualifying for the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, substituting for ill Lewis Hamilton, George came desperately close – 0.026 close – to stunning the Formula 1 world. Although the #63 car will start from second place on the grid, his shares soared to giddy heights on Saturday night and he gets a second crack at turning this opportunity into F1 legend tomorrow evening in Bahrain. Pumped up and clearly relishing the occasion, George said after his sparkling...
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