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Russell reveals 2am 'bathroom' call from Toto Wolff
George Russell says a 2am phone call from Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff while he was in his Bahrain hotel bathroom on Tuesday morning set in motion a whirlwind 24 hours. Mercedes confirmed on Wednesday morning that Williams had released Russell for a one-off with the Black Arrows outfit at Sakhir after Lewis Hamilton had tested positive for the coronavirus. But between Wolff's early morning phone call the day before during which the Austrian said he wanted Russell to replace Hamilton and confirmation of the deal, it was a "very anxious" wait for Russell. "I got a phone call from Toto at 2am on Tuesday morning," Russell told the media on Thursday in Bahrain. "I was...
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