The respectful ch🍃atter between fellow drivers which is commonplace in the post-race room where they must go to weigh themselves was replaced by a steely awkwardnꦡess.

Verstappen, 💖who fin🅰ished second, was sat down when Hamilton, who completed the podium, entered the room.

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Hamilton weighed himself, placed his helmet down, then exited the room without looking at Verstappen or exchanging a woꦗrd.

The rivalry that peaked on the notorious last lap of the 2021 season has reemerged over the past few weeks behind the star drivers of Red Bull anཧd Mercedes, their team principles and even their respective armies of fans.

Hamilton had praised Charles Leclerc a🍸t the British Grand Prix as “sensible” in a c🍬lear dig at Verstappen’s driving style.

Verstappen replied by sarcastically saying: “I think it’s great that🍷, when you’re 37 years old, at some𒐪 point you understand how to get to an apex.” 

Christia👍n Horner and To🦩to Wolff, the Red Bull and Mercedes bosses respectively, have also clashed on F1 rules.

And both drivers have received hostile receptions from their riv🍌al’s fan-bases🌄 over the past week.

After Hamilton left the cool d🗹own room in Austria, race w♛inner Leclerc of Ferrari entered.

Verstappen said t🐽o Leclerc about Carlos Sainz’s retirement: “Did you see t📖he fire?”

Leclerc: “Yes.”

Verstappen: “You guys were fast today.”

Leclerc: “I know.”