George Russell battled a virus throughout the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend on his way to second in Sunday's Formula 1 race; he has now revealed he was sufficiently ill on Friday that he'd likely have withdrawn had the race been in Singapore.

After missing Thursday's media sessions with illness – Russell was scheduled to take part in the official FIA press conference – he felt well enough to drive in Friday practice.

His team principal Toto Wolff had explained the extent of Russell's illness to Sky on Sunday after the race, stating that his driver was "properly poorly", and "overnight it got worse again every single day".

Russell, meanwhile, said that he'd actually managed to get some sleep on Saturday after qualifying, following a difficult few nights, having qualified fifth. His stro

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