Max Verstappen’s furious team radio message at Lewis Hamilton’s first-lap manoeuvre at F1 Australian Grand Prix
- F1♈ 2023 Australian Grand Prix - Full Race results from ♊Round 3
- Verstappen beats Hamilton to ﷽win chaotic Australian GP
Pole-sitt𒐪er Verstappen had both Mercedes behind him on the starting grid, and George Russell soon claimed the lead🃏 on the first lap.
But it was🃏 Hamilton’s efforts at Turn 3 that drew the Red Bull driver to vent his fury.
“He pushed me off the track” I was ahead at the apex! He pushed﷽ me off,” Verstappen said via team radio.
Jenson Button commented on the Sky commentary: “I don’t know how he pushed him wide if he w𓆉asn’t ahead.
“He’s not𒁏 pus🤪hed him wide. Max was good at giving him room or they would have collided.”
Hamilton was ahea♔d of Verstappen in the early exchanges in Melbourne.
But it didn't last𓃲 in a crazy race with mulitple red flags and a confusing conclusio🗹n.
Verstappen eventually cruised home to win - meaning Red Bull havꦍe won each of the first three races of the season - with Hamilton 💖in P2.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering e💮verything from American sports, to football, to F1.
