George Russell has already ‘crashed’ a Mercedes in 2025… | F1

George Russell has crashed a Mercedes for the primary time this 12 months – however was capable of snigger it off.

The Mercedes Components 1 driver shared a sequence of photographs of himself driving a street automobile on a snow drift in Sweden.

It appears even in the course of the winter break, these F1 drivers can not assist themselves however to hunt pace…

“I couldn’t wait till subsequent month to get behind the wheel once more,” Russell joked alongside an image of a Mercedes that was caught within the snow.

“This place by no means ceases to amaze me! All the time unimaginable driving on the frozen lakes of Sweden.

“Limits are made to be pushed in any case!”

Russell launched footage proving that he hit 200km/h driving on the frozen lake.

George Russell is Mercedes new senior driver

2025 is about to be a really completely different season for Russell.

Lewis Hamilton’s exit to Ferrari signifies that Mercedes is a strikingly completely different atmosphere, with out essentially the most profitable driver in F1 historical past.

Final 12 months, the spectacular Russell out-gunned his illustrious teammate Hamilton in qualifying on Saturdays.

Russell completed sixth within the drivers’ championship, one spot forward of Hamilton.

However this 12 months, Russell will turn into Mercedes’ senior driver in Hamilton’s absence.

He will likely be examined as an alternative by rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

Antonelli is massively touted by Toto Wolff however how that interprets into F1 efficiency stays to be seen.