Key Highlights: George Russell released a candid social media statement addressing the emotional and performance struggles of his 2026 Formula 1 campaign. The reflection follows the Mexico City Grand Prix, where teammate Kimi Antonelli secured the Drivers’ Championship to become the youngest World Champion in F1 history. Despite securing three victories this season, Russell endured ...
Key Highlights: George Russell reported lingering balance problems with Mercedes’ upgraded W17 during Friday practice at the Mexico Grand Prix, warning the car remains outside its ideal performance window. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc led both Friday sessions, assisted by the SF-26âs smaller turbo setup coping effectively with Mexico City’s high altitude. Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley ...
Key Highlights: George Russell acknowledges that Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli has operated at a higher performance level throughout the 2026 campaign. Antonelli stands on the brink of claiming his maiden Formula 1 World Championship at the Mexico City Grand Prix, needing only a ninth-place finish or better. Russell emphasized that their off-track relationship remains ...
Key Highlights Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff attributed George Russellâs Eighth-place finish at the United States Grand Prix to the W17âs exceptionally narrow operating window. While race winner Kimi Antonelli secured his ninth victory of 2026 and finished 54 seconds ahead of Russell, Wolff rejected suggestions of a fundamental pace deficit between the teammates. Mercedes ...
Key Highlights: George Russell struggled to eighth place at the United States Grand Prix, admitting he was completely baffled by his lack of race pace compared to his dominant team-mate. Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli converted pole position into a commanding victory in Austin, opening up a 123-point championship lead with just 125 points left to ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell are both running the latest W17 upgrade package at the United States Grand Prix following split specifications in Singapore. Antonelli finished second in Free Practice 2 at the Circuit of The Americas, just 0.042 seconds behind session leader Charles Leclerc, despite an early issue with an ...
Key Highlights: George Russell opened up about the heavy psychological toll of his challenging 2026 Formula 1 campaign ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. While 19-year-old Mercedes team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli closes in on the Drivers’ Championship title, Russell revealed his sleepless nights stem from personal performance struggles rather than the ...
Key Highlights: Sky Sports analyst Karun Chandhok warns Mercedes should be “concerned” after its latest W17 aerodynamic upgrade failed to produce an expected performance boost. Kimi Antonelli evaluated the new parts at the Singapore Grand Prix, securing a third-place finish, while George Russell drove the older-specification car to ninth after starting 19th. Despite the performance ...
Key Highlights: George Russell’s Singapore Grand Prix effort was compounded by a severe shortage of new spare parts following a heavy crash in Saturday’s sprint race. Mercedes was forced to rebuild Russell’s W17 using previously run, second-hand components after depleting its fresh carbon fiber inventory across the front wing, floor, front suspension, and rear assembly. ...
Key Highlights Mercedes ran a split-aerodynamic setup at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, deploying its new upgrade package on Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s car while George Russell drove the older-specification W17. Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin confirmed that Antonelli’s package proved conclusively faster, validating the team’s development path after weeks of setup uncertainty. Antonelli scored a ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes has split aerodynamic setups in Singapore, placing George Russell back in the Azerbaijan-spec car while Kimi Antonelli evaluates the latest package. Team Principal Toto Wolff described the split setup as a necessary compromise to diagnose why the newly upgraded challenger is proving more difficult to handle. Sprint Qualifying underscored the disparity, with ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes is splitting aerodynamic packages for the Singapore Grand Prix, running George Russell on the older specification and Kimi Antonelli on the latest updates. Russell’s decision to revert to the older setup was sealed by an impending power unit grid penalty following his late mechanical retirement in Sepang. Antonelli will also trial an ...