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Antonelli wants ‘clarity’ from Mercedes after Sprint duel with Russell
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23/05/2026 at 18:4123/05/2026 at 19:03 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Mercedes celebrated a Sprint victory in Montreal, but beneath the silver smiles, tension was already crackling between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli after an aggressive wheel-to-wheel fight left the Italian rookie demanding answers from his own team. The pair launched cleanly from the front row in Saturday’s Canadian Grand Prix short-form event, but calm quickly turned into combat after a few laps. Antonelli, desperate to attack Russell into the opening chicane, threw his Mercedes around the outside of Turn 1 – a move that would have handed him the inside line for...
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