“When it rains, it pours.” Geroge Russell perfectly summed up a forgettable British Grand Prix for Mercedes as its catalogue of strategy call errors sank the Silver Arrows in the Silverstone rain.
Russell qualified fourth for the Silverstone race, with team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli down in 10th after he was hit with a three-place grid penalty held over from the Austrian Grand Prix. It was not an ideal qualifying session on the Saturday, but Sunday’s race went from bad to worse and Russell took a lone point as Antonelli was forced to retire.
