George Russell sends Mercedes ominous Lewis Hamilton F1 warning

George Russell has warned that Lewis Hamilton poses a 'huge threat' to Mercedes heading into the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton, driving for Ferrari, claimed his maiden Ferrari victory at the Spanish Grand Prix after back-to-back second-place finishes in Monaco and Canada, closing the gap to championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli to 41 points. Russell acknowledged Hamilton's resurgence under the 2026 regulations while admitting he himself has struggled to extract the maximum from the new rule-set.