Mercedes is deciding when George Russell will take an engine change penalty across the remainder of the 2026 Formula 1 season, with the team bracing for him to follow what Kimi Antonelli will face at the Italian Grand Prix.
The F1 world championship leader is poised to serve a back-of-the-grid penalty for a full power unit change at his home round at Monza due to unreliability earlier this season, which has seen the Italian go through his permitted allocation of engine parts. Antonelli retired from the Barcelona GP in June due to a terminal power unit failure.
