Russell to take further grid penalty this season

"I knew I was going to person penalty," Russell said. 'The program was ever to spell successful Austin, and evidently Singapore is the 2nd hardest way to overtake connected on the calendars. So you would ne'er take to bash it (here).

"But we person nary engines due to the fact that of each of the assorted failures, truthful determination was nary motor I could person reverted to from earlier successful the season. With the nonaccomplishment I had to instrumentality it.

"We don't person the (upgrade) this weekend, and due to the fact that determination are 7 races remaining, you tin either take to rotation the dice and anticipation it lasts for 7 races, but besides endure a show offset (as the motor degrades), oregon conscionable judge I'll beryllium taking different penalty."

Antonelli volition besides apt person different back-of-the-grid punishment erstwhile the upgraded motor is introduced, pursuing his erstwhile 1 astatine the Italian Grand Prix, which helium won from 19th connected the grid.

Russell volition besides beryllium reverting to an older specification car successful Singapore this weekend.

Mercedes introduced an aerodynamic upgrade successful Malaysia past weekend, but it did not springiness the car the show uplift expected.

So successful an effort to beryllium whether that was due to the fact that of idiosyncrasies to bash with the Sepang way oregon a occupation with the upgrade itself, Mercedes is splitting the specification of their cars.

Russell volition thrust the specification with which helium won successful Azerbaijan, the week earlier Malaysia, portion Antonelli volition tally the caller spec.

Russell said: "I really asked a question already connected Friday successful Sepang. At the extremity of the time it's the car I'm reverting to is simply a car that was connected rod by 0.8secs and Kimi won the contention before, truthful it's important to retrieve the context. It's not similar reverting backmost to a motorboat car.

"Given the circumstances of the grid punishment arsenic well, it conscionable seemed similar a no-brainer. For me, unluckily we're not going to beryllium warring for a podium this weekend, it's exceptionally unlikely, truthful it's much important for america to effort and understand, was Malaysia a one-off oregon was it the upgrade?"