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George Russell has now fallen 68 points behind his 19-year-old Mercedes F1 team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the battle for the world championship and he risks falling further adrift if he can't solve a big driving style problem.

That nightmare Monaco weekend exposed just how much Russell is struggling with this year's Mercedes - and even if he can't believe his bad luck, this was also the first time he's properly admitted he's just lacking something compared to Antonelli in certain conditions.

00:00 Russell's 2026 woes
02:38 A Piastri-like struggle?
04:33 Where Antonelli differs
06:25 Destined for defeat?

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