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George Russell has heaped praise on Alex Albon for his early performances since taking over the Williams seat he vacated.

Russell made his Formula 1 breakthrough as part of the Williams team, spending three seasons at the Grove outfit while remaining a part of the Mercedes driver programme.

It was an impressive three-year spell at Williams for Russell, leading to him securing a Mercedes seat for 2022 alongside Lewis Hamilton.

Albon was chosen as Russell’s Williams replacement and similarly has shone since, scoring all three of the team’s points so far in 2022 behind the wheel of the struggling FW44.

Russell and Albon share a strong bond going back to their days in the junior ranks, Russell having advocated for Albon to be his Williams replacement.

And so far, he has been very impressed with how Albon is performing.

“Alex has done an exceptional job,” said Russell, quoted by Motorsportweek.com.

“I think there was obviously no secret he had a tough time at Red Bull but I think all of us, even probably Max [Verstappen] included, just knew how talented Alex was.

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