Russell to start Singapore GP from rear of grid after power-unit penalty

Another blow to Russell's title bid

George Russell's dwindling championship hopes have been dealt a further blow as he is set to start this week's Singapore Grand Prix from the rear of the grid. Russell's heartbreaking power-unit failure in the closing stages of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia left him a whopping 84 points adrift of team-mate Kimi Antonelli with seven rounds left to run.

The penalty

It is now understood that the 28-year-old Russell will need to take a new power unit this weekend, which means he will exceed the limit on several components and the penalties are likely to leave him starting from the rear of the grid around the streets of Singapore.

Antonelli won the Italian Grand Prix last month having taken a similar penalty, and Russell will need something similarly miraculous to rescue his weekend from the back of the field.