Def shouldn't be anywhere near that bad. I'm just saying it's clear that bottas was treated like a #2 driver even though toto says that's not how mercedes works. I don't think they'll treat Russell the same way, and Hamilton will miss the preferential treatment.
I think the HAM/ROS battles taught them for those HAM prime years, they need a team player #2 driver and not someone who wants it as bad as ROS did. It's no surprise that he won his title and quit.
I think George wants it (a world title) as bad as HAM does and as bad as ROS did, so we're going to see more on-track battle and I think the team orders are gonna be harder for RUS to swallow than for BOT. It seems like MB is preparing for their #1 once HAM is done and RUS is it. Gonna be epic to watch (I hope).