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George Russell dropped a number of f-bombs over his team radio following his first lap elimination from the Belgian Grand Prix.

The Mercedes driver was inadvertently collected by Lewis Hamilton at Turn 5 after being what Russell described as "swamped" following a loss of battery power out of Turn 1 after the power unit failed to harvest.

Throughout the Spa weekend, Russell had been struggling with straight-line speed, even losing four-tenths to team-mate Kimi Antonelli alone in the final sector on their best qualifying laps in Q3.

Russell's retirement and Antonelli's victory mean the Italian now holds a 50-point advantage over the Briton, with Hamilton, who received a five-second time penalty for the incident, moving ahead and into second place in the drivers' standings.

Immediately following the contact, Russell dropped a number of f-bombs over the team radio after his third non-score of the season, after 12th in Monaco and a DNF in Canada.

"I am out. What the f**k happened with the SoC (State of Charge) down the straight," he began.

"I had no f**king battery down the straight.

"Guys, unacceptable. Un-f**king acceptable this whole weekend."

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