George Russell will start the United States Grand Prix from the pit lane after an enforced parc ferme breach from the Mercedes team. Mercedes had to break the ‘cars covered’ period two hours after the end of qualifying and worked through the night to repair Russell’s car following his Q3 crash on Saturday at the Circuit of The Americas track.

Things have gone from bad to worse for Mercedes here at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. On Saturday Lewis Hamilton was surprisingly eliminated in Q1, as a front suspension issue on his W15 that occurred during the F1 Sprint Race earlier in the day created problems that one of the world’s legendary drivers simply could not overcome during the session.

George Russell will no longer start from sixth on the grid for the United States Grand Prix after the Mercedes driver was forced to revert to an older car after his crash in qualifying. Mercedes were initially hopeful of challenging for pole heading into Saturday,

Mercedes driver George Russell revealed that his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, offered to swap upgrade packages after Russell's high-speed crash during the United S