JOLYON PALMER WARNS GEORGE RUSSELL OVER F1 TITLE: 'MIGHT BE HIS BEST-EVER SHOT'

George Russell is 59 points back of teammate Kimi Antonelli in the 2026 championship fight, and Jolyon Palmer thinks this might be as good as it gets. Russell won in Melbourne and grabbed a Chinese sprint, but Antonelli reeled off five straight victories while Russell stumbled through bad luck. First-half tally: Antonelli six wins, Russell two.

Palmer's warning carries weight. Russell is in top machinery with a beatable teammate on paper, but the gap is real and the time to close it is now. He started Zandvoort with a sprint pole and win, his third sprint victory, holding off Norris and Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton sits third between the two Mercedes drivers.

Russell proposed to Carmen Montero Mundt over the break. Palmer says the reset was necessary, but the excuses end here. If Russell can't close this with this car and this chance, he may never get another.