The generally well -informed car, Motor und Sport (Amus) has announced that there“Many clues”Are those Mercedes and George Russell“Their cooperation will continue”After 2025. According to the medium, a new deal from Russell could be announced during the race weekend in Great Britain, the home race of Russell.
Russell has been running with the Mercedes team since 2022 and has since driven five victories, six pole positions and nineteen podium places together. Since the departure of Lewis Hamilton as a team leader at the end of 2024, Russell has turned into the new leader of the German team this season. Russell also acts as a sort of mentor for the only eighteen-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the prodigy of the German racing stable for the only eighteen-year-old stable.
Russell is currently in fourth place in the drivers’ classification, at 62 points behind from World Cup leader Oscar Piastri. Nineteen points for him is Max Verstappen, according to many his biggest rival when it comes to driving at Mercedes after 2025. Verstappen has long been at the top of the wish list of Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, who narrowly failed the Dutchman in 2014. At the end of 2024, Verstappen at Viaplay had not been mentioned with Mercedes, but that there had not been any news.
Doornbos does not see Verstappen driving at Red Bull in 2026
According to Robert Doornbos, former-F1 driver of Red Bull, among others, there is a lot about happening behind the scenes. The Dutchman thinks that Verstappen no longer drives Red Bull in 2026.“I am sure something will happen this year and that George Russell can wait a long time for a contract. Because if he (Wolff, ed.) Cannot get Max, then it’s George. I think Max will not be in a Red Bull next year”, according to the former driver in the Ziggo Sport Race Café.
“Mercedes and Russell close new F1Deal”
However, Amus knows that Russell and Mercedes have indeed realized a new contract together. According to the German medium, the deal between the two parties will be announced during the race weekend on Silverstone.“However, there are many more indications that Mercedes and Russell will continue their cooperation and that the GP of England in Silverstone is taken to announce their completion.”If the information from Amus is correct, the door to Mercedes seems to be finally closed to Verstappen, since Wolff Antonelli will not put out of his seat after a season.
