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The 2024 Formula 1 season is ready to complete up in Abu Dhabi over the weekend.
Crimson Bull motive force Max Verstappen already wrapped up his fourth consecutive championship, however the drama round him has now not dissipated.
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Mercedes motive force George Russell reacts later to the winner, Crimson Bull Racing motive force Max Verstappen, next getting 3rd position within the Canadian Lavish Prix in Montreal, Quebec, on June 9, 2024. (Eric Bolte-USA Lately Sports activities)
Mercedes motive force George Russell accused Verstappen of bullying and dangerous conduct following a subject matter between the 2 at terminating weekend’s race in Qatar. Verstappen stated Sunday he “lost all respect” for the British big name next an incident value Verstappen the pole place for the lavish prix.
“I’ve known Max for 12 years, I’ve respected him all of this time but now I’ve lost respect for him because we’re all fighting on track and it’s never personal,” Russell stated Thursday, by way of Sky Sports activities.
“Now he’s made it personal and someone needs to stand up to a bully like this. And so far, people have let him get away with murder.”
Russell alleged that Verstappen threatened Saturday to “purposefully crash” into him. He stated Verstappen crossed the order.
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Max Verstappen attends a information convention forward of the Components One Abu Dhabi Lavish Prix, on the Yas Marina Circuit, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photograph/Darko Bandic)
“For me that is unacceptable, and he’s gone beyond the line here, and I’m not going to accept it. So somebody’s got to stand up to a guy like this before it gets out of control,” he stated.
Russell wondered Verstappen’s racing ways as smartly.
“Whenever anything is not going his way, he lashes out with unnecessary anger and borderline violence,” he stated. “That is not a guy who I respect, and I wish he would be a better role model.”
Verstappen got here beneath a shroud of controversy in Qatar as he used to be given a one-place grid penalty for using “unnecessarily slow” at the racing order. Russell complained that Verstappen’s journey used to be “super dangerous” to his group at the radio.
Verstappen accused Russell of mendacity to attract the penalty.
“No regrets at all because I meant everything I said and it’s still the same. If I had to do it again, maybe I would have said even more,” Verstappen stated. “Just never expected someone to really try and actively get someone a penalty that badly and lying about why I was doing what I was doing. But clearly, it had an influence to (the stewards). It was just really not nice and actually very shocking what was going on.”
George Russell forward of the Components One Abu Dhabi Lavish Prix, on the Yas Marina Circuit, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photograph/Darko Bandic)
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Verstappen ended up successful terminating generation. Russell received in Las Vegas the weekend prior to Qatar.
The Related Press contributed to this file.
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