Montoya: “Being out of contract is weighing on Russell, Wolff knows that with Antonelli and Verstappen he would win everything”

The Colombian analyzed this market scenario. Raise your hand if you would have predicted at the beginning of the season that on the eve of the Austrian GP the world championship leader would be Andrea Kimi Antonelli and that the direct pursuer would be Lewis Hamilton. George Russell has had to deal with several unlucky episodes – the Englishman quantified the total gap to Antonelli at 45 points which is not attributable to his fault – but he is objectively in difficulty. In Barcelona he would have been beaten by Antonelli in the race without the technical knockout that hit the Italian driver, equalizing the score with Russell’s stop in Canada. According to Juan Pablo Montoya, the fact that his contract is expiring is weighing on Russell’s performance: “In my opinion, one thing that would really help George from a mental point of view would be a new contract with Mercedes – said the Colombian reached by Online Betting Site – even if he said that it’s not a factor I can guarantee you that he really cares and that it has a negative impact on his performances. For me it was bullshit that his contract was expiring.” “Toto Wolff might think that pairing Verstappen with Antonelli would lead him to win everything, it would be like recreating a Senna-Prost pairing and Wolff has already shown that he knows how to manage situations of this kind with two champions in the garage – added Montoya – for us fans it would be a dream scenario, but it depends on many things, in Mercedes they might also think that there is no need to undermine the trend which is seeing Antonelli taking more and more leadership inside the garage. It seems simpler to me than Verstappen at the limit ends up in McLaren and not in Mercedes.”

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2026-06-24 16:00:00