Max Verstappen “Let Himself Down” Suggests George Russell

One of the highlights of the Baku weekend was the coming together of defending champion Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver George Russell during the Sprint. Max made a few angry remarks after the race and George has given his reaction.

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Max Verstappen “Let Himself Down” Suggests George Russell

Russell started off by reiterating that it was a racing incident

“No, there’s nothing really to say from my side of it”

“At the end of the day, it’s the heat of the moment for everybody, I don’t know if he feels differently now”

“But at the end of the day it’s a bit of a race incident”

He then revealed if he wants an apology from Max

“No, I don’t need an apology at all. But, he’s a two-time champion, leading the championship again at the moment”

He signed off by explaining why it doesn’t bother him

“It doesn’t bother me, but he lets himself down a little bit with those sorts of comments”

“Max is a super good guy, a great great driver. Words like that are just a bit unnecessary”


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Baku winner Sergio Perez revealed that “the team enjoy calling [him] the King of the Streets”

“From the sprint race through to the way we executed the [main] race, it was perfect”

Max Verstappen explained that he “used every centimetre on that track and touched a few walls!”

“It was a good Team result and there were a lot of learnings from this weekend”

“Checo had a great race and did very well”

Their team principal Christian Horner feels that they “were unlucky with the safety car and the pit stop for Max”

“Sometimes things like that don’t go your way but that is racing and we will learn from it”

“Other than that it was an excellent performance from the whole team, another 1-2, our 25th!”

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc suggested that they “are still not quite there in terms of race pace”

“We maximised every session throughout the weekend and couldn’t have done anything differently”

“So, that’s something to be happy about and the team did a great job”

Teammate Carlos Sainz conceded that he “must put [his] hand up and admit [he] lacked confidence under braking and the pace was not there”

“Now I look forward to a reset, as Miami is just around the corner”

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton “really enjoyed those battles with the cars around [him]”

[All quotes taken from the media debriefs in Baku]


Did Max Verstappen “let himself down” with his comments about the incident with George Russell?