Is George Russell ready for the No.1 seat at Mercedes? ☝🤔 | Sky Sports F1 Podcast

Damon Hill and Naomi Schiff review a thrilling Canadian Grand Prix weekend in Montreal, which saw George Russell take pole for Mercedes before Max Verstappen and Lando Norris fought him for the win.

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[quadrantalerror]

I'm just here to witness the comments.

[dannymurphy]

Mercedes will deff favour George for rest of the season, Merc will not let the top driver be the one that’s leaving. Also why are we not talking about Albons overtake. Best over take in last few years

[TheSchoolOfGuitar]

Max Verstappen is "very very good" love it 😆 Yeah he's alright like.

[marianne]

As Damon is a great Lewis's friend, he must be happy of the situation. Thanks for your comments on AD 2021 Damon

[robertnowac]

Peter Windsor pointed out that a big reason for keeping Checo is that he brings a lot of sponsors to Red Bull.

[Ogole-oye]

Naomi none of the available dtivers to sign would best Max in that Redbull. So your anti Max sentiments fall short on the idea that dricers take away points from Max. Carlos is a former teammate whom Max bested remember.

What does Naomi mean the weather was the saving grace of redbull? As I recall all teams had a moment of strengths and weakness. I'd say the intermittent conditions favored McLaren but they could compete with redbull on the slicks whereas Mercs look really quick on the dry. So these statements need to be examined a bit more.

[PeterPost-wm]

Winning in the third best car, that guy is a legend. Nothing but respect for the bloke.

[nickxcore]

Well I assumed George was number one driver after the Hamilton joining Ferrari announcement. Lewis won’t be privy to all the new developments and information that Mercedes are planning for the future for obvious reasons. I think Lewis is just going through the motions for the rest of this season, he’ll be professional and still do his job at Mercedes, but he’s probably also thinking ahead about his future at Ferrari. George has done an excellent job and I don’t want to discredit his performances, because he’s driven really well this year and last season to be honest. I think he’s got the ability to be a future world champion provided Mercedes can give him a competitive car.

[fsimracingdenyvps]

One of the conditions is if you want to be hired by Sky you must be against all non-English drivers! Another beautiful Bias podcast!! 😎

[TheGoudsmid]

Signing Checo so early, might also be seen as Horner rendering Helmut's voice to more of a squeek

[SuperPassionflower]

very interesting and constructive things being said by Damon Hill around 35mnts onwards!

[seashackf]

On this weeks Podcast we have two guests to give an F1 drivers perspective.
0:30 Damon Hill: 1996 Formula 1 World Champion
& Naomi Schiff:

[DavidMeikle-eifr]

Hamilton's head is already at Ferrari

[williamc]

I can smell the Hamilton fanboy verstappen hate from 0:01 45:53

[J.e.r.o.e.n]

Naomi Schiff might have felt the need for a weak teammate during her amazing racing career, Max definitely doesn't 😂

[NoxioLukas]

Yes George is making mistakes. But so is Lando. Leclerc isnt flawless either. Only Leclerc has experienced a championship fight and he showed the pressure on him. I doubt even with an equal car to RB nexf year they can win the WDC. They need a bit more experience in fighting for the championship. Until we dont know id they have what it takes.

[luntbanzi]

Lmao so if RB went for Carlos max would have gone to Mercedes who have Russell who beats Lewis and challenges him, Naomi waffling as usual

[darylcjackson]

George still makes too many mental mistakes. He's too tough on his tires as well

[nickysixx]

Can't we get a more credible driver than Noami? We have an F1 champion and a legend and someone who hasn't one anything or competed at the highest level

[ygaudreault]

Really excited for the tour de france show too. For some reason the drive to survive works best with racing in my opinion.