Lewis Hamilton Dubs George Russell With New Nickname as F1 World Reacts to Exposed Thieving Antics

George Russell seems to be on cloud nine with his extraordinary performance throughout the Brazilian GP weekend. He got P1 in the sprint race at the Interlagos circuit and lined up to start the main race ahead of everyone else. Post the race, the Mercedes pair was seen having selfies with the crowd and Hamilton informed his 30 million family on Instagram about a notorious maneuver his teammate made.

Russell joined Mercedes at the beginning of this year. The young Briton has over shined the team’s star driver, Lewis Hamilton, with his pace. This past weekend, the 24 years got his career’s first win and with that, he averted what could have been the first season since 2012 for the Silver Arrows without a win.

Time and again, we have seen how the Mercedes duo have fun together. Besides, the pair also share mutual respect. And now there’s been a moment that is being cherished by all the Silver Arrows fans. After winning the Brazilian Grand Prix, Briton got emotional with the results but later was found having fun with teammate Lewis Hamilton and the crowd.

While the fans were cheering up the whole Mercedes team, George Russell was found taking selfies with the crowd. Later Hamilton took to his Instagram and posted, to inform people that Russell had stolen his Mobile phone.

Hamilton jokingly wrote, “race winner, phone stealer.”

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The Silver Arrow fans haven’t had much to celebrate this year owing to the dominance of Red Bull’s star driver Max Verstappen. And now Mercedes fans have got a chance to celebrate, and they filled Twitter with their love.

F1 Twitter showers love on Lewis Hamilton and George Russell after the win at Interlagos

The win is very special for the Brackley-based team as they have struggled throughout the season with one issue or the other. The past two races have seen a bit of development in the W-13 and the result at the Brazilian Circuit was the ultimate proof of that.

The German team got their last one-two finish at Imola 2020. The victory is special for the fans and the admirers and they took to Twitter to shower their love on their beloved drivers.

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The Silver Arrows look set for a bright 2023 season. Until then, the Mercedes pair have to show more of the same at the last race in Abu Dhabi in order to get the second spot in the World Constructors’ Championship.