Mercedes Imposes Expected Grid Penalty on George Russell
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Reliability will be an important topic for the rest of the season and George Russell, just as colleague Kimi Antonelli will be forced to make difficult choices, with penalties in sight. Antonelli will start the next race in Monza from the bottom of the grid, after Mercedes has chosen to install its fifth [...] The post F1: Mercedes handles with extreme care the inevitable penalties for changing components first appeared on AutoSport.
George Russell, the McLaren pilot, could also receive a new propulsion unit at Monza, which would attract a penalty and, implicitly, the start from the last position of the grid. Mercedes takes into account this variant, although the team has clearly transmitted that Andrea Kimi Antonelli will use a new propulsion unit in Italy and will also start from the last position of the grid. ...
Mercedes driver George Russell will also be given a new powertrain at Monza, and with it a penalty to start from the back of the grid. Earlier this month it was revealed that world championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli will use a new powertrain in Italy and will almost certainly start from the back of the grid.
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Mercedes Imposes Expected Grid Penalty on George Russell
Mercedes’ 2026 championship campaign has been handed another unwelcome complication, with George Russell now confirmed to face a grid penalty after the team admitted its reliability troubles have left both of its drivers needing additional power units. While Kimi Antonelli’s fate is already sealed for Monza next weekend, where the Italian will start from the back after Mercedes elected to fit his fifth engine of the season, Russell’s penalty rem…
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