Max Verstappen makes ‘Princess George’ dig in George Russell war of words at F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
The Red Bull driver was overheard calling his Mercedes counterpart a “a d***head” af𝕴ter they made contact during the sprint race at the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Russell later suggested he was surprised by Verstappen’s anger which has drawn another fiery reꦫsponse.
"[Defending the position] is not allowed because ‘Princess George’ is there? At the end of the day, that's his problem too,” ra♍ged Verstappen.
He suggested that Red Bull’s p🏅erformance advantage over Mercedes meant that Russell should not have defended so stꦦrongly: "Things can also go wrong very quickly.
“🉐There is no chance. I am driving past him easily within three laps anyw♚ay. This does not make much sense.
"Everyone has tꦆheir own opinion. But I think I gave him space and then he should also just take that corner normally.
"If you bum꧅p into each other with the wheels sometღimes that can happen.
“That's not ideal either, but if you [cause] a hol𒐪e♓ [for] someone else, that's a bit more than just with the wheels against each other."
Verstappen said what he might have done, if the roles were reversed: “I have no ideꦉa what to do but he🦋 will expect me just to brake and say, ‘Please, go by!’
“But that’s definitely not going to happen.”
Verstappen 😼said about his original ‘d****head’ insult: “ꦕ I meant it at that moment.
“If he says: ‘that was not the intention, thꦐat hole', again that says something.&nb💯sp;
“But his reaction? 'Look at the onboards'? 'Cold tyres'? Yes, we all have cold t✨yres."
"This is just a bit clumsy.”
James was a sꦜports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fro🦄m American sports, to football, to F1.
