Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli can deal George Russell another psychological blow in Spain this weekend by equaling his Mercedes teammate¡¯s career tally of six grand prix wins after starting the season with none.

The 19-year-old Italian arrives for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya outside Barcelona on the back of an astonishing run of five wins in a row that has stunned the sport and left Russell, ?in his eighth season, with a mountain to climb.

The youngest championship leader in the history of the sport can ?achieve something his Mercedes predecessor and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has?yet to do ¡ª??a run of six successive victories.