"Exhausted" George Russell set for Brazilian F1 grid penalty
Mercedes driver George Russell will lose five places on Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix grid as he takes his sixth internal combustion engine of the season. Following a brace of power unit related issues earlier this year, the latest arriving after a failure at the Bahrain GP in Malaysia, Russell was always going to require a sixth ICE before the end of the year. With Lewis Hamilton's ... Keep…
Mercedes' George Russell faces a five-place grid penalty for the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix due to his sixth internal combustion engine of the season. Earlier this year, Russell encountered power unit issues, including one at the Bahrain GP in Malaysia, leading to his additional engine requirement. With Lewis Hamilton's impressive sprint recovery in mind, the team chose Interlagos as a suitable location to impose the penalty.
Russell had already exceeded his initial allowance of four engines for the season in Singapore, making the additional engine cost him the grid position drop. Despite the setback, Russell remains optimistic, acknowledging that bouncing back from disappointments has been wearing on him throughout the challenging 2026 campaign. He believes that the upcoming power unit changes and tyre alterations in 2027 will help him overcome this challenging year.
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