Who on earth can have the audacity, even the insolence, to confront the world champion himself? It is in this atmosphere that the sprint ended yesterday.<\/p>\n
George Russell briefly claimed the 3rd place from a determined Max Verstappen who was prepared to make his life difficult. The British driver executed a move in a similar fashion to his opponent: pushing his braking point to the inside, even if it meant squeezing a bit.<\/p>\n
Naturally, although the Dutchman regained his position after the Safety Car, he was very unhappy with this “insult”.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Just look at my car to see that there’s a hole in the fender,” he grumbled. \u00ab He bumped into my fender at turn 2 and almost pushed me into the wall at turn 3. But thankfully, we managed to overtake him.”<\/p>\n
Naturally, when going up against Max Verstappen, one must have courage! George Russell saw the opportunity to take third place from the Dutchman and went for it.<\/p>\n
The English pilot, however, did not expect such resistance.<\/p>\n
(I) I was surprised that he tried to defend like that, he said. (I) It was a first round in a city circuit and he was on the outside. He had already lost his position, so I wasn’t going to give up just because he is leading the championship.<\/p>\n
The two men actually discussed it in the Parc Ferm\u00e9 after the sprint. For a second act in the race?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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