What’s so concerning about Russell’s Antonelli admission

George Russell was at a loss to explain why he qualified a concerning sixth for the Monaco Grand Prix while Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Kimi Antonelli took pole position – and his worries go beyond this weekend. Russell has already fallen 43 points behind Antonelli in the championship prior to Monaco and will be relying on a disastrous Sunday for Antonelli to avoid dropping further behind. He ended up almost four tenths of a second slower than Antonelli in Q3 and has both Red Bulls and both Ferraris between his team-mate and him. When Russell arrived at the assembled media, including The Race, he was at a loss to explain exactly what went wrong – and pointed to a wider, worrying trend. “I don’t really know what’s going on, to be honest,” Russell said. “It’s clearly something i …