Alex Albon, a British-born Thai driver, shared the Red Bull Racing garage with 2021 world champion Verstappen before Sergio Perez.
In 2021, Williams had its best season since 2017, finishing eighth in the Constructors' Championship with 23 points.
Russell has joined the 2021 Constructors' Champions to replace Valtteri Bottas, who has moved to Alfa Romeo for the 2022 season.
Williams boss Jost Capito believes George Russell's demanding nature will help him succeed at Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton.
Albon believes Abu Dhabi was compensation for Verstappen's terrible luck earlier, taking the season into consideration.
The likes of McLaren’s Lando Norris, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, and Williams’ (now Mercedes) George Russell delivered some great performances.
Latifi crashed with five laps remaining, resulting in the safety car, with the race then restarted with just one lap to go where the title was decided.
Frank Williams founded an independent Formula 1 team that amazingly went on to win 114 races, 9 constructor's titles and 7 driver's titles.
On this day in 1997, Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the F1 world championship for his actions in the season-ending European GP.
Alain Prost won the last of his four F1 world championships in 1993 - after which he promptly announced his retirement from the sport.