George Russell has brushed off Max Verstappen's 'd***head' insult thrown his way after the pair collided in the sprint in Azerbaijan in April.
George Russell has brushed off Max Verstappen’s “d***head” insult thrown his way after the pair collided in the sprint in Azerbaijan in April.
This prompted a furious reaction at the time from the Dutchman, who accosted Russell in parc fermé after the sprint took place – and Russell has now looked back at what happened as time has passed.Verstappen managed to get back past Russell during the sprint and finished third in that shortened dash in Baku, but that did not stop him from airing his frustration at the Briton after the chequered flag.Verstappen then replied: “We all have no grip, we all need to leave a little bit of space.
“I think it began with a ‘D’, and I think it ended in a ‘D’ as well!” Russell said with a laugh when reminded of Verstappen’s wording on the “The cognitive stress, you’re under your own personal pressures and pressures from the outside, we all want to do the best job possible and we all respect that.
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