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Russell’s Muted Spa Radio: No Battery, No Filter

“Unacceptable”: George Russell’s expletive-laden radio outburst after his lap-one Spa exit never made the world feed — until a German channel aired it. Inside the battery failure that caused it, and the Biggin Hill filter that kept it quiet.

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Mercedes F1: Spa Win Masks a Growing Power Unit Worry

Victory at Spa extended Antonelli’s title lead — but Mercedes left Belgium confronting a power unit mystery that reaches every team it supplies: an unexplained straight-line deficit, a fourth engine for the championship leader, and an FIA rule change taking effect on August 1.

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Belgian GP 2026: Antonelli Beats Leclerc After Russell Drama

Antonelli returned to the top step at Spa after a 44-lap duel with Leclerc — but the defining image of the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix was George Russell’s Mercedes beached in the Les Combes gravel after first-lap contact with Lewis Hamilton, a moment that reshaped the championship.

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