Max Verstappen makes ‘Princess George’ dig in George Russell war of words at F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
The Red Bull driver was overheard calling 🌱his Mercedes counterpart a “a d***head” after they made contact during the sprint race at th🍃e F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Russell later suggested he was surprised by Verst🦹appen’s anger which has drawn another fiery response.
"[Defending the posi🐟tion] is not allowed because ‘Princess George’ is there? At the end of the day, that's his problem too,” raged Verstappen.
He suggested that Red Bull’💧s performance advantage over Mercedes meant that Russell should not have defended so strongly: "Things can also go wrong very quickly.
“There is no chance. I am driving past him easily within three laps anyway. This does not mak🔯e much sensౠe.
"Everyone has their own opinion. But I think 😼Iꩵ gave him space and then he should also just take that corner normally.
"If you bump into each other with the wheels som⭕etimes that can happen.
“That's not ideal eitherꦚ, but if you [cause] a hole [for] someone else, that's a bit more than just with the wheels against each other."
Verstappen said what he might have done, if the roles were reversed: “I have no idea what to do but he will expect me just to brake and say, 💖‘Please, go by!’
“But that’s definitely not going to happen.”
Verstappen said about his original ‘d****head’ insult: “ I meant it at that moment.&n🔜bsp;
“If he says: ‘that was not the intention, that hole🌺', again that says something.
“But his re𒀰action? 'Look at the onboards'? 'Cold ty♏res'? Yes, we all have cold tyres."
"This is just a bit clumsy.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade ♌covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
