George Russell remains confident amid F1 title pressure

At the beginning of the 2026 Formula 1 season George Russell was the clear favourite to win the drivers’ championship, but he has now slipped to third place in the standings after a torturous Monaco Grand Prix weekend. Russell only finished one timed session ahead of team-mate Kimi Antonelli, qualified five places behind him, and finished outside the points after being hit with a ...Keep reading

At the beginning of the 2026 Formula 1 season George Russell was the clear favourite to win the drivers’ championship, but he has now slipped to third place in the standings after a torturous Monaco Grand Prix weekend. Russell only finished one timed session ahead of team-mate Kimi Antonelli, qualified five places behind him, and finished outside the points after being hit with a ...Keep reading

George Russell has fallen an enormous 68 points behind team-mate Kimi Antonelli after a horrible Monaco Grand Prix

While Kimi Antonelli was taking in the plaudits as he collected his most impressive Formula 1 victory yet, George Russell was left reeling as a horror Monaco Grand Prix caused him to fall to third in the championship. This leaves him with what is looking like an insurmountable gap to his Mercedes team-mate. Here's how Russell's weekend unravelled. Qualifying - P6 after struggling with tyre ...Keep reading

George Russell was left bewildered by his pace deficit to Formula 1 title rival and team-mate Kimi Antonelli who took pole for the Monaco Grand Prix. The 19-year-old set a 1m12.051s to beat runner-up Max Verstappen by just 0.043s to the top spot, while Russell struggled down in sixth, three tenths off the pace in another blow to his title hopes. Russell is 43 points behind leader Antonelli ...Keep reading

George Russell's costly Canadian Grand Prix retirement, which knocked him 43 points back, showed he would have a Andrea Kimi Antonelli-sized problem to deal with this year. His fifth qualifying defeat to a high-flying Italian in Monaco further underlined that problem won't go away any time soon. Russell had made a strong start to the 2026 Formula 1 season with a lights-to-flag victory in ...Keep reading

George Russell's costly Canadian Grand Prix retirement, which knocked him 43 points back, showed he would have a Kimi Antonelli-sized problem to deal with this year. His fifth qualifying defeat to a high-flying Italian in Monaco further underlined that problem won't go away any time soon. Russell had made a strong start to the 2026 Formula 1 season with a pole-to-flag victory in Melbourne, but ...Keep reading

Antonelli took pole for the Monaco Grand Prix while his Mercedes team-mate Russell struggled down in sixth

British driver ‘didn’t lose sleep’ over Canada setback Russell says he will not change approach in Monaco George Russell remains confident in his world championship ambitions despite taking a serious blow with a mechanical failure at the last round in Canada. In Monaco, the British driver insisted that he felt no pressure, with the Formula One title his rival and teammate Kimi Antonelli’s to lose. Russell suffered a battery failure while leading in Montreal, after taking pole position and having enjoyed a hard-fought contest for the race lead that ebbed and flowed with his teammate. With Antonelli going on to win he extended his lead in the world championship to 43 points. The 19-year-old Italian has now won four races in a row to establish a strong advantage, although 17 rounds remain including this weekend’s meeting in Monaco. Continue reading...

After falling behind Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli in the championship standings, George Russell believes that he has "nothing to lose" ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.