Verstappen swore at Russell in a heated confrontation in p🏅arc ferme after the pair came to blows🐽 while fighting over third place on the opening lap of the Baku sprint race. 

Having branded Russell a “d***head”, the two-time world champion th🎉en referredꦯ to the Mercedes driver as a ‘Princess’ in a later interview with Dutch media. 

And Verstappen’s comments did not impress Sky Sports F1’s Brundl🦩e. 

“It's first lap s🐻tuff on a very tight track,” Brundle told Sky. 

“I think George should have told him to fly away to be honest. Iꦜ think we’ve seen Max fight really hard like that, Max was on the outside.

“As a Verstappen fan, I was a little bit disappoinꦬted how he handled that really to be frank. Part of that he suggested George was in a slower car so what's the point in trying to overtake him anyway.

“But you can't go racing like that, you might as well stay home. That’s not how Max goes racing and we love him for💝 it.”

Verstappen did not offe𝐆r an apology to Russell for his co♍mments. 

Speaking꧙ ahead of this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, Russell said their Baku bust-up was “all a little bit pathetic”. 

"He has had his fair share of giving move🐎s like that💜 and being tough and hard at racing," Russell said on Thursday. 

"It's a little bit poor to see how he spat hi𒅌s dummy out when he got something back in the same regard.

“Something you learn as a kid is if you give somethin♐g you've got to be prepared to take it as well."