Russell to have 'deep, deep look in mirror'

Russell said he and his team had analysed the season so far and worked out that he has had a trouble-free run in only six of this season's 20 races.

"These issues constantly keep popping up but unfortunately this always seems like it's on my side of the garage," he said.

"We concluded we've only had six races from the 20 where we've had a clean weekend. So to think 14 of those weekends have had issues is unbelievable.

"We need to look to understand why that is, if there's something we are overlooking or if it's just pure misfortune. At the moment it does seem like it's more misfortune than anything.