GEORGE RUSSELL says Max Verstappen “spat his dummy out” along with his “pathetic” blast in Baku.
Indignant Verstappen labelled Russell “a d***head” after they made contact through the Azerbaijan GP Dash race.
George Russell has defended his overtaking transfer after taking a piece out of Max Verstappen’s Crimson BullCredit score: Splash
Stay TV cameras caught Verstappen criticising Russell after the dashCredit score: Splash
The Dutchman confronted the Mercedes man on the finish of the race to remonstrate.
Talking forward of this weekend’s Miami GP, Russell mentioned: “It was all somewhat bit pathetic.
“I believe one thing you study as a child is when you’re going to provide one thing you’ve obtained to be prepared to take it as effectively.
“He’s had his fair proportion of giving strikes like that and being powerful and onerous at racing and it’s somewhat bit poor to see how he form of spat his dummy out when it was the primary time he most likely obtained one thing again in the identical regard.
“From my facet there was nothing actually to say. I assumed it was good racing, thrilling racing and that’s the one factor that occurred that weekend.
“We’re each drivers, we’ve each been within the sport a very long time now and now we have loads of expertise.
“We’ll have a chat, every little thing is okay, transfer on and I suppose we’ll snort about it at some point.”
Russell and Verstappen went wheel-to-wheel from the very first nook within the revamped dash earlier than making contact.
The Brit had gone down the within of the two-times world champion on the tight and twisty Baku streets and left Verstappen with lacking bodywork after they touched.
With Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc getting each poles within the qualifying periods and Sergio Perez successful each the dash and the Grand Prix, it was Verstappen’s least convincing weekend of the season.
Some followers have defended Russell’s transfer and identified that Verstappen is understood for his personal fearless overtakes and uncompromising racing.
The younger drivers might meet on observe once more this weekend if Mercedes can sustain with Crimson Bull, one thing they’ve did not do for many of the season.