168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell has spoken out about the status of his relationship with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen after their clashes last year.

A bust-up at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix in late-2024 saw Reಌd Bull’s Verstappen and Mercedes’ Russell continue their war of words.

Now Russell has prov✅ided an update - and it seems that rebuilding their friendship is off the cards.

They “hadn’t spoken” over the winter period, Russell confirmed at the 🗹F1 75 Live event.

He♕ added that he didn’t plan on smoothing thiꦐngs over with Verstappen.

"I've got no concerns about him or his driving.

"That happened last year, and I wan𒁏t to focus on myself. 

"Obviously things, I felt, got out of line la💃st year. I made it pretty clear that I'm not going to take it.

"Now in 2025, I am focused on the j📖ob. The job is to win.

"I won't change my approach fighting him or any🐼 other dr🍸ivers. The goal is the same."

🌄Verstappen was also asked at Tuesday's F1 75 Live event about his relationship 🌌with Russell.

But he answered: "It's fine, all good."

The row in Qatar happened after V𝓰erstappen and Russell were summoned to the stewards room, with the Red Bull driver investigated for driv💜ing slowly.

Later, Ve🔯rstappen insisted he “lost all respect” for Russell, adding: “I've never seen someone t🌼rying to screw someone over that hard.”

Russell hit back saying: "Someone needs to ▨stand up to a bully like thi🅘s.”

Russell v Verstappen II in 2025?

Inevitably Russell and Verstappen will race wheel-to-wheel at ꦫsome point in the new season.

Russell’s claim that he will not back down against the aggressive V♋erstappen could cause fireworks.

Much will depend on the competitiveness💫 of their Mercedes and Red Bull machines.

Those m🌃anufacturers are expected to lag behind McLaren, and possibly Ferrari too, in the earliest stages of the F1 2025 season.

Russell is stepping into slightly new territory as Mercedes' senior driver, after Lewis Hamilton's exit and Andrea Ki𒈔mi Antonelli's arrival.

Verstappen, meanwhile, is gunning for a fifth F1 drivers' title in ♛a row but it might be his hardest task yet due to the competitiveness between the ♋top teams.