George Russell forced to change power unit for Hungarian GP after water leak

Published Jul 25, 05:23 PM UTC

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George Russell has been forced to change his power unit ahead of the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix after a crack on his engine caused a water leak during qualifying. Russell qualified seventh but stopped at the end of Q3 due to a loss of water pressure. The change is to the same specification and does not incur a grid penalty, as it is his fourth power unit of the season, within the limit. Mercedes believes the leak occurred after Russell ran over an exit kerb at Turn 4. This is the latest reliability issue for Mercedes, which has impacted both Russell and teammate Kimi Antonelli. Russell is 50 points behind championship leader Antonelli. The team has also fixed a software bug that caused a lack of straight-line speed and a collision with Lewis Hamilton at the previous race in Belgium.

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