Mercedes driver George Russell has opened up about hardship in his karting career as a child, and his father’s sacrifices as he made his way to Formula 1.

Russell delved into his youth in a column for The Players’ Tribune, explaining how lonely he felt due to much older siblings having left the family home and his father working from dawn past dusk to fund his burgeoning career.

“My father worked in agriculture and ran his own business,” the Briton wrote. “He was working all day every day in order to support my racing dreams. He was gone to work before I woke up, and by the time he was back I was usually in bed. So whenever we weren’t at the track on the weekends, I was always kind of in my head wondering, ‘Where is my dad?’.

“I have a brother, Benji, who’s 12 years older, and my sis

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