George Russell says he won’t change approach to racing Max Verstappen despite Baku F1 sprint bust-up
⭕Russell and Verstappen came to blows while battling over third pla🉐ce on the opening lap of the Baku sprint race, with the contact causing a hole in the Red Bull sidepod.
Verstappen was left furious with Russell and branded the Mercedes driver a168澳洲5最新开奖结果: “d***head”, before later referring to him as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:‘Princess George’. Russell responded by saying the two-time world champion had 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“let himself down” with his reaction.
Despite their post-race war of words, Russell stressed he won’t change his approach and🧸 ꦍsaid there is no bad blood from his side.
“I’ll continue racing the same way as I always would𝓡,” Russell said ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.
“A lot has been said about that coming together but from my side, it was pretty straightforward. I🉐 went for a move, got the m𝓀ove done.
“Obviously he was pretty upset about it but that’s racing an🎀d these things happen. We’re all here to fight and that’s what F1 is about.”
Asked if he has spoken to Verstappen since 𒀰the accident to clear the air, Russell replied: “No. Again, from my side, there’s no air to be cleared.
“I’ꦺll say hܫello to him if he passes by and I’m sure we’ll shake hands when we bump into each other.
“But for me, it’s history now and it’s behind us. My view of him 🎐is still the sam𒀰e. I still respect him and think he’s a great driver.
“Obviously t🐠🙈hings are always said in the heat of the moment, but we move on.”
Verstappen was also asked a✨bout his relationship with Russell and joked: “Terrible! No of course not. It’s absolutely fine.”
After taking fourth in the sprint, Russell went on to finish eighth in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, two places behind Mercedes teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.
Reflecting on Mercedes’ weekend in Baku, R🌃ussell said: “📖It’s fine margins. We missed out on Q3 by four milliseconds.
“It would have been a totally different story had we got into Q3.ℱ I pr🃏obably could have qualified inside the top six.
“Clearly o✅ur car isn’t quick enough and we need to continue to do a better job. We’ll go again this weekend.
“Hopefully it’🔯ll be a slightly smoother weekend and we can battle it out with Aston and Ferrari.”
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