2 hours ago George Russell suffered a large stroke to his rubric hopes with status from the pb of the Canadian Grand Prix handing triumph to team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
The 2 Mercedes drivers had staged a gripping conflict for the lead, swapping places respective times, and were inactive chemoreceptor to process erstwhile Russell's car abruptly stopped connected thigh 30.
Antonelli's 4th triumph successful a row, coupled with Russell's status for what Mercedes said appeared to beryllium a power-unit problem, puts the Italian 43 points up successful the title - 7 points disconnected 2 wide wins.
Russell's status was not lone a bitter stroke to the Briton, but robbed the contention of a no-holds-barred conflict betwixt the 2 Mercedes drivers, the 2nd successful 2 days aft a quality during the sprint connected Saturday.
For the 2nd time successful a row, Antonelli complained astir Russell's driving, accusing him of pushing him disconnected the track.
And soon earlier Russell's contention ended some drivers had been warned to support the racing "tidy" oregon they would beryllium told to clasp position.
Before that, determination had been respective laps of frantic enactment and Antonelli appeared to person a gait vantage astatine the clip Russell retired.
The cardinal stories of a thrilling contention were:
A melodramatic twist successful the rubric combat betwixt Russell and Antonelli
A dire contention for McLaren aft a mistake connected tyre strategy astatine the start
A archetypal podium of the twelvemonth for Red Bull's Max Verstappen
More to follow.
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