Russell: “Now the gap from Antonelli is right”

Russell, the bad luck is over George Russell started his 2026 World Cup as the huge favourite, confirming the expectations of the day before with the success in Melbourne. Already in Australia, however, we had glimpsed some creaks, because Kimi Antonelli had shown better pace than his Mercedes teammate. The Bolognese, in fact, won the next five GPs, demolishing the Briton in terms of results and morale. Of course, bad luck contributed to Russell’s downfall (especially in qualifying in China and the Canadian GP), to the point that the #63 declared he was no longer thinking about the championship. Russell’s victim-like attitude does not please Toto Wolff (who has recently been “beating” him on the radio) and is not even reflected in the most recent current events. Fate, between Barcelona and Silverstone, gave the former Williams back all the stolen goods, and now even the person directly involved admits that the 25 point gap from Antonelli represents a real snapshot of their World Championship. Russell’s words “Three races ago I left Monaco with a 68 point gap, now I leave Silverstone with a 25 point gap. That’s fine with me, but it can’t continue like this forever, unless the results and performances improve”, this was his comment at Silverstone. “I can’t say for sure whether luck balanced out or not, but based on our performances in these nine races, I think a gap of 25 points in his favor is correct.” “So far Kimi has done a better job than me, so he deserves to be ahead of me. Then, whether there should be 10, 25 or 35 points can be discussed. But I think a gap of between 10 and 30 points is fair,” he added.

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2026-07-08 16:00:00