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Wolff calls Russell-Antonelli spat in Montreal Sprint ‘good cinema’
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23/05/2026 at 19:3623/05/2026 at 20:13 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. What began as a controlled Mercedes front-row lockout quickly morphed into a high-voltage internal showdown in Saturday’s Canadian Sprint, with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli turning Turn 1 into a contact zone and the pit wall into a pressure cooker. But by the end, even Toto Wolff was openly admitting he had been thoroughly entertained by the chaos. Russell arrived on the grid with intent stamped all over his Mercedes, angling his car to blunt any immediate challenge from rookie teammate Antonelli. But the real fireworks detonated on lap six, when Antonelli went hunting...
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