George Russell has flatly dismissed any prospect of accepting team orders to help Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli, declaring the idea is not yet even a consideration.
The British driver is 59 points behind his teammate with 12 races remaining in the 2026 Formula 1 season. Russell is third in the championship, also sitting behind Lewis Hamilton, who hopes to mount a title challenge in his Ferrari during the second half of the campaign.
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Asked whether he would be ready to accept team orders to help Antonelli win the title, Russell insisted that the prospect was “not even a consideration at the moment”.
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