MONACO, June 7 : Mercedes driver George Russell's F1 Championship hopes took a battering for the second successive race as a drive-through penalty left the Briton out of the points in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.Russell was initially handed a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, one of five d

The Mercedes driver has not stood on the podium since finishing second in Shanghai in March and finished in sixth on Saturday's qualifying.

While Russell could only qualify sixth, Mercedes teammate and title rival Kimi Antonelli claimed a stunning pole