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George Russell was mocked by Lando Norris and Alex Albon over his Formula One intra-team battle with team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Tensions between their Silver Arrows pair appeared to come to the boil at the Japanese Grand Prix – and Russell’s fellow F1 stars have poked fun at him as he looks to become the main man at Mercedes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Russell is trailing Hamilton in the World Championship leaderboard, sitting in eighth position. An upturn in form for Hamilton sees him in third place behind Red Bull stars Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Norris and Albon have now poked fun at Russell\u2019s struggles in an amusing clip. The F1 stars had to answer questions, with one wondering which of the three were likeliest to win the World Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDepends where Lando signs to,\u201d Williams driver Albon quipped before concluding: \u201cI reckon it has to be you, George. You\u2019re in a bit of a dip right now, the team. Oh, I feel awkward saying that as we\u2019re here in Mercedes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Russell hit back: \u201cI mean, I take pride that you say we\u2019re in a dip, yet we\u2019re P2 in the Championship. It\u2019s a bit of a\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Christian Horner thinks Toto Wolff ‘plotting something’ as Red Bull dominate[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAre you still P2 in the Championship?\u201d Albon interjected. But Russell responded: \u201cMate we\u2019re 40 points ahead of P3!\u201d<\/p>\n Albon joked: \u201cYeah, Lewis must be doing such a good job.\u201d Russell laughed and added: \u201cYeah, to be fair, he\u2019s well ahead of me in the Championship this year.\u201d<\/p>\n The Briton and Hamilton were both frustrated with Mercedes\u2019 strategy in Japan. The younger driver questioned whether Hamilton wanted to battle with each other or with the other drivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n Former Williams boss Peter Winsdor believes the dynamic between the pair is imbalanced and that Hamilton preferred having Valtteri Bottas as a team-mate.<\/p>\n Click\u00a0here\u00a0to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive F1 news<\/strong><\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n DON’T MISS… <\/strong> \u201cThe point is this should also be seen in the context of Lewis telling Toto endlessly to keep Valtteri, \u2018He\u2019s exactly the right guy\u2019, and [Toto saying] \u2018No no, no, we\u2019ve got to have the next generation, George is the next generation, and quicker\u2019,\u201d Windsor said on his YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI blame a lot of the press for that because a lot of them were saying \u2018Oh, you know Valtteri isn\u2019t quick enough, George is quicker\u2019 and, of course, then he won that race.<\/p>\n \u201cI just come back to my thing of\u2026 if you\u2019ve got Lewis, you don\u2019t actually need George. If you\u2019ve got George, you don\u2019t need Lewis. It\u2019s an imbalanced team, always has been, always will be, and that is the problem with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019ve got Max, you don\u2019t need a George in the other car, you need a Perez. That\u2019s why Red Bull is so good, one of the reasons they are so good.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/4990568.jpg?r=1696313046221\")
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