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I think it is fairly inarguable that, although Antonelli is leading the championship on merit, Russell has had much worse luck and reliability over the course of the season so far. Antonelli's only real misfortune this season was his retirement/16th in Spain (damaging his own car and getting a track-limits penalty at Silverstone was of his own making); even excluding interrupted practice and qualifying sessions, Russell has had no-fault incidents, ill-timed pitstops and unreliablity at Japan, Canada, Monaco, GB, Hungary and Belgium.
Sometimes you create your own luck. Yes, on the face of it Russell has had more bad luck but is he doing something different that is exacerbating problems with the car? Just a thought.