Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle has opened up on his feelings about an 'embarrassing' situation for F1 star George Russell. Russell has been an almost passively involved figure in the Max Verstappen contract saga, being forced to publicly wait for his own future to be decided as his Mercedes team attempt to poach the reigning world champion.

George Russell's contract extension with Mercedes has stalled amid growing speculation over the team's strong links to Max Verstappen.

George Russell has conceded that Mercedes’ chances of a strong weekend at the British Grand Prix depend on cooler weather conditions. The highest-placed Mercedes driver in FP2 at Silverstone was Kimi Antonelli. The Italian was sixth-fastest in the final classification, over 0.5s down on McLaren’s Lando Norris.