Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner has accused 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell o🔯f being “hysterical” over the Qatar Grand Prix weekend.

Horner believes Mercedes and Russell “made a big meal” out of the incident that led to Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen being stripped of pole꧑ position and demoted to second place on the grid in Qatar.

Four-time world champion Verstappen bounced back from the penalty t𓄧o claim his ninth win of the season during Sunday’s eventful race.

“I think yesterday’s [Saturday’s] penalty was more based on hysterics from Geo🌟rge, who has been quite hysterical this weekend,” Horner told media including   in Qatar.

“I 🎀think ༒there was a little bit of gamesmanship going on in that.”

Horner sugge🦂sted the penalty made Verstappen, who immediately overtook Russell at the꧟ start, even more determined to win.

“Max, I think he was disappointed,” he explained.

“I mean, if you look at it objectively, one could argue that perhaps George was driving a little too quickly on a slow lap with two slow cars ahe𒉰ad of him. So maybe he was driving recklessly.

“It was frustrating to get that penalty but he was already motivated to win this race and I think it only added to his enthusiasm to get off the line w🔴ell.”

Horner added: “Let’s just🦩 say he 🧔wasn’t enamoured with the decision.

“It was a very strange decision because the cir💟cumstances of yesterday, both cars were on slow laps and I did feel that George and Mercedes made a big meal out of it.

“It was unprecedented on a slow lap for Max to end up with a one𒊎-place penalty.

“But he converted the dirtiest side of ꩲthe grid into one of his best starts of the year and was determined that wherever George was going to brake, he was going to brake later.

ꩲ“And converted that grid position into the lead by the end of Turn 1.”

Verstappen has ‘lost all respect’ for Russell

Speaking after the race🐓, Verstappen said he has “lost all respect” for Russell after being left unhappy abou🌄t the Mercedes driver’s role in the incident.

"I was qu🌜ite surprised when sitting there iﷺn the stewards' room, what was all going on," Verstappen said.

"Honestly, very disappointing because I think we're all here🥂, we respect each other a lot and, of course, I've been in that meeting room many times in my life, in my career with people that have raced, and I've never seen someone trying to screw someone over that hard.

"And that for me… I lost all respect.”

Verstappen went on to tell Dutch TV station Viaplay: "He always acts extremel💎y polite in front of the cameras but if you sit together with him personally, he's a completely different person.

"I truly can't stand that. Then you might as well get lost. I don't want anything to ꦍdo with you."