Title hopes fade: Russell set to start Singapore GP from back of grid
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What happened
George Russell's dwindling Formula One championship hopes have been dealt a further blow as he is set to start this week's Singapore Grand Prix from the rear of the grid. Russell's heartbreaking power-unit failure in the closing stages of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia left him a whopping 84 points adrift of team-mate Kimi Antonelli with just seven rounds left to run.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below