'Unlucky' Lewis Hamilton 'not humiliated' by teammate George Russell amid Mercedes woes

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Mercedes teammate George Russell, former world champion Damon Hill has declared.The seven-time champion has endured a nightmare start to the 2022 season with Mercedes struggling following the latest round of regulation changes, finishing outside the points last time out at Imola in what was a disastrous weekend for the Brit.However, despite Mercedes' woes, Russell has found consistency in the car with top-five finishes in each of his four races since joining the team, while he's finished ahead of his teammate in each of the last three rounds of racing.That has seen Hamilton come under significant scrutiny, with questions regarding his long-term future and whether his title defeat to Max Verstappen last season has hit his confidence - with the chances of a record-breaking eighth world title looking like a pipe dream.With Hamilton facing criticism and scrutiny, with comparisons made to his form and Russell's, Hill believes that such a view is not showing the full picture, with Hamilton not being fortunate in his endeavours so far in the 2022 campaign."He's [Russell] done an absolutely brilliant job and is looking strong.

I think Lewis has been a little unlucky and I think he's been delving around and [has] been happy to play the guy who tries the experimental setup for Mercedes a bit because he's got more experience with them," he told the F1 Nation podcast."So perhaps he's gone the wrong way sometimes and that has made him look worse off than he really is against George, but George is definitely doing a sterling job – and I think that's a very firm foundation for him going forward.

He's not humiliated Lewis in any way, I don't think. I don't see it like that, I think Lewis is maybe a little bit downhearted as well, and.