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Russell almost signed BMW DTM deal for 2017
Williams F1 driver George Russell has revealed he was on the verge of joining BMW as a full-time DTM driver, only to be approached to join Mercedes' junior programme. Russell received the call from Mercedes' newly appointed Driver Development Advisor, Gwen Lagrue, in 2016, when he was racing in Formula 3. “I'd actually been unofficially the reserve driver for BMW in DTM,” Russell said on the Beyond the Grid podcast. “I did a rookie test with them and that went incredibly well, and I was on the verge of signing a full-time race seat deal with them in the DTM [for 2017]. “By this point, I’d sort of accepted I didn't have any backing to help me get to Formula 1. Related Posts...
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