George Russell will start the United States Grand Prix from the pit lane after his accident in qualifying forced Mercedes to revert to old-specification parts on his car.

George Russell will start Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix from the pitlane after Mercedes worked on his car overnight to repair damage from a crash in qualifying, the Formula One team said. The Briton qualified sixth,

George Russell will start the United States Grand Prix from the pit lane after an enforced parc ferme breach from the Mercedes team. Mercedes had to break the ‘cars covered’ period two hours after the end of qualifying and worked through the night to repair Russell’s car following his Q3 crash on Saturday at the Circuit of The Americas track.