George Russell now has to grab his boss Toto Wolff by the neck to assert himself, and/or seek a way out of Mercedes.
Or to accept that he will be a de facto No2 for the rest of his career.
That is the honest truth, but it was not how it was meant to be for him. He started the season with a leap in his gangly step, the world championship at his mercy in a car that was the tops.
He had every reason to believe in himself. He beat Lewis Hamilton, the legend whom Russell deferred to as the GOAT, in
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