
British driver had a thrilling duel with Kimi Antonelli in Canada before engine failure handed win to teenager
George Russell was left wondering quite which deity he had offended as he despairingly contemplated his retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix with a mechanical failure. Fortune, for good or ill, will always play a part but what also became clear in Montreal is that Russellโs teammate and championship leader Kimi Antonelli is going to be fearsomely hard to beat this season, whatever the circumstances.
Russell ground to a halt on the circuit Gilles Villeneuve on lap 30 after a thrilling battle with his Mercedes teammate Antonelli that had ebbed and flowed. The British driver deserved better, the two had been exchanging the lead and going side by side repeatedly, inches apart and trading paint on one occasion, only for Russellโs efforts to count for naught as he went out not with a whimper when the systems on his car shut down due to battery failure.
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