Furious Max Verstappen calls George Russell a ‘****head’ after Baku F1 sprint race contact
Russell and Verstappen 💛came to blows at Turn🍸 2 on the opening lap of Saturday’s first sprint race of the season in Baku as the Mercedes driver got past into third place.
Verstappen was not impressed by Russell’s actions and pleaded𝓡 with his Red Bull team to report the Briton to race control.
The two-time world champion later breezed past Russell to reclaim third place but finished the race with floor damage and a large hole in the sidepo🔜d of his RB19.
Verstappen approached Russell directly after the race in ꧟parc ferme to make his feelings on the matter clear.
“I had no grip”, said Russell, who apologis🎃ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚed to Verstappen.
Verstappen responded: “Mate, we all have🌄 no grip. We all need to lea🧸ve a little space.
ꦑ“But expect it next time the same, you know. Di꧑ckhead.”
Speaking in the post-race interv൲iewsও, Verstappen added: "It's not clarified.
“I just don’t understand why you need to take so much risk in lap one, understeer into my sidepod, create a hole. Wꦫe all have cold tyres, it’s easy to lock up.
"His 𝔍beautiful way of explaining ‘ah mate, you know locked up, ah look at the onboard’. It doesn’t make sense.
"There’s a hole in the sidepod, it doesn’t look that great, it is whaꦿt it is now and we’ll focus on tomorrow. "
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