Russell: “I don’t like this track, even a year ago Antonelli was on pole and I was fifth”

Russell took almost half a second George Russell suffered a heavy loss today in Qualifying in Miami from his boxing partner Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The Italian Mercedes driver took almost half a second off Russell, Antonelli signed the pole position while the Englishman will have to start from the third row from the fifth place on the starting grid. “I don’t like this track – Russell’s words to Sky – even a year ago he took pole and I was fifth. Rain in the race tomorrow? There are many unknowns, we have never driven with the narrowest tires in the wet and obviously we will have to see if it will be intermediate wet or full wet tyres”.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-03 07:50:00