Formula One 2024 season is coming to an end and Max Verstappen has already been crowned as champion.
Verstappen won the Championship in Las Vegas as George Russell won the race with Lewis Hamilton coming second.
Russell has won 2 races this season and finished 4 times on podium.
He is 6th in the table with 24 points ahead of Hamilton, who is 7th.
“I’ve been in F1 six years now, next year is my seventh, and my fourth year with the team,” Russell told The Times.
“I feel absolutely ready to take my journey to the next level and I feel ready to fight for a championship.
“I feel ready to fight against Max and if we get the opportunity, I’m not going to waste it.
“I feel I’ve been ready for three years. I’m team-mates with the greatest driver of all time and if you’re ever finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton or beating him in a championship, you know that probably in 12 other seasons that would have been enough to win, or at least fight for a World Championship.”
After Abu Dhabi, Russell and Lewis Hamilton will part ways as Hamilton is joining Ferrari and won't be driving for Mercedes in 2025.
source - PlanetF1