George Russell He has insisted that he will not sign his new Mercedes The Formula 1 on the current summer brake is eager not to hurry the Britain as a contract.
The 27 -year -old deal is ending at the end of the 2025 season and is a major talk as a red bull in recent weeks. Max Verustapane Mercedes was tied for a step.
But ahead of Hungarian Grand Prix of the last weekend, Verstappen confirmed that he was not leaving the red bullMeaning all this is but is certain that Russell and his team companions Andrea Kimi AntoneleyWhose contract is also ending this year, will be with Mercedes.
Contract signatures often occur during the annual summer brakes, but Russell revealed that he was expected to do nothing before the F1 return for Dutch Grand Prix on August 29-31.
Russell told Sky Sports F1 on Sunday, “I have not found anything to be worried.” “And nothing is going to happen in summer, because, honestly, I just want to rest and recharge and come back to the second half of the year.
George Russell, Mercedes
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“But now there is no time pressure. So it will happen when it will happen.”
Russell, Mercedes Junior for a long time joined Silver Arrow in 2022, after spending his first three F1 campaign on loan Williams,
He has won four Grands Prix for Mercedes, but never lived in the F1 title battle, despite that he despite winning eight consecutive construents the title before he joined.
Therefore, given the 2026 Peking Order coming with unknown regulation changes, Russell wants to ensure that his next contract conditions are correct – but stated that “it’s one, if not, if not” he will sign “.
He said, “Now I am 27 years old, I have been with the team for four years.” “Next year I will have fifth. We want to have a relationship together, but it is correct and I don’t want to hurry it.
“I am waiting for 12 months. I am not going to hurry it during two weeks. So when the time is right, we will sit.”
A very strong season for Russell has a contract saga, which is fourth in the championship, won in Canada, and has been a standout driver for many people.
This is why his boss Toto Wolf kept Russell in the highest relationship, claiming that “George always has good cards” when it comes to a contract expansion.
George Russell, Mercedes, Toto Wolf, Mercedes
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In Hungary, Wolf Post-Ress said, “He has been distributed since 2018 (his F2 title-winning year), there was no weather, which was not that.”
“Nothing has changed in our thinking for next year, so just because you don’t talk (externally) this does not mean that things are not progressing in a way that they need internal.
“When it comes to this contract, let’s see. We will come out and see what kind of conditions we have put in front, but they are definitely strong in the team. They have shown it again today.”
Additional reporting by Christian Nimmavol
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