Verstappen made the insult after the Azerbaijan sprint race.
, confronting the Mercedes star in the paddock after the pair had collided on track, an incident that left a hole in the sidepod of the Dutchman’s Red Bull.
Russell then walked away before Verstappen shouted: ‘But expect it next time the same, you know. D***head.’‘Yeah, you know, it’s racing. We’re all in the heat of the moment. It’s a physical sport, even though it’s sometimes not perceived that way.‘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. So none of us are purposefully going out there to crash or purposely take somebody else off.
‘You know, you might not be best pals for the next couple of races, but we’re all mature enough to recognise it’s just racing.’
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