Verstappen and Russell made contact twice on the opening lap of Saturday’s sprint race in Baku as they fought over third place, with Ruಌssell emerging ahead coming out of Turn 3. 

Reigning world champion Verstappen was left fuming at Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:branded the Briton a “dickhead” following their collision. 

Red Bull team principal Horner said he could un🅷derstan๊d Verstappen’s reaction. 

“I think he was understandably annꩵoyed with that,” Horner told Sky. 

“He voice❀d his opinion to George. It was probably a good idea he left his crash helmet on. You can understand that, he’s a competitive driver. 

“He’s like a▨n elephant, he’ll remember that for a while.”

The coming together left Verstꦯappen with a large hole in the sidepod of his Red Bull, which Horner described as a “big𒐪 handicap”.

Despite the damage, Verstappen was able to repass Russell to cl🔜aim third place behind teammate Sergi꧂o Perez and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. 

“Unfortunately, the result of it was we ended with quite a lot ꦇof bodywork damage, a big 🦩hole in the sidepod,” Horner said. “And that cost him quite a bit of performance.”

Asked if👍 he could put a number on the performance loss, Horner re𒁃plied: “It’s difficult to quantify but when you see a hole like that in the bodywork it’s got to be three quarters of a second a lap at least, maybe more. 

“There’s other complications, 𒊎the temperatures start going out of control because the air is not going throu🥂gh the sidepods as its designed to.”