Russell proposes 'all bets are off' change to fix 'broken' Monaco Grand Prix

For George Russell the weekend went from bad to worse with the Mercedes driver never really being on the pace. When the time for qualifying came, and he felt confident to be in the top 4, his car stopped on track which meant a P14 start for him for the race on Sunday.

During the Monaco Grand Prix, Williams' Alexander Albon was creating a pitstop window for his teammate Carlos Sainz, at the expense of Russell himself, since the Thai driver was on a 4-seconds slower than normal race pace, according to the Mercedes driver.

Russell then skipped the Nouvelle Chicane, and in doing so overtook Albon. explaining his decision to the Mercedes pitwall, he said: "Had to avoid a collision from Albon. He slammed on the brakes."

When told to give the position back to the Williams driver, he replied: "I'll take the penalty. He's driving erratically. He's on fresh tyres, already two seconds behind. It's clear what they're trying to do and it's **** dangerous."

Afterwards, he was informed of the drive-through penalty he'd gotten, he restrained himself, perhaps in light of the drastic penalties drivers will receive if they lash out at race officials, or perhaps due to his role as GPDA co-chair.

When told Albon would've done the same thing as he did, Russell was adamant: "We definitely need to have a real think about what the solution is here in Monaco. I appreciate trying something this year with the two-stop, clearly it did not work at all," was Russell's opinion on the two-stopper idea when speaking to media like GPblog.

"For all of the drivers, qualifying is the most exhilarating moment of the weekend. Do we accept that there should be no race and it's a qualifying race?," Russell said.