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Max Verstappen says helium has "lost each respect" for George Russell aft receiving a punishment astatine the Qatar Grand Prix.
The satellite champion was unhappy astatine the relation the Mercedes operator played successful the incident.
Verstappen was fixed a one-place grid penalty for impeding Russell by driving unnecessarily dilatory successful qualifying connected Saturday.
It dropped his Red Bull from rod presumption down the Briton connected the grid.
Verstappen was upset by Russell's behaviour erstwhile they went to the stewards to sermon the incident.
"I was rather amazed erstwhile sitting determination successful the stewards' room, what was each going on," Verstappen said.
"Honestly, precise disappointing due to the fact that I deliberation we're each here, we respect each different a batch and, of course, I've been successful that gathering country galore times successful my life, successful my vocation with radical that person raced, and I've ne'er seen idiosyncratic trying to screw idiosyncratic implicit that hard.
"And that for me… I mislaid each respect."
Speaking to Dutch TV presumption Viaplay, Verstappen added: "He ever acts highly polite successful beforehand of the cameras but if you beryllium unneurotic with him personally, he's a wholly antithetic person.
"I genuinely can't basal that. Then you mightiness arsenic good get lost. I don't privation thing to bash with you."
Verstappen, who went connected to triumph the contention portion Russell finished fourth, is said to person discussed his feelings with the Briton earlier the race.
The timings of media interviews aft the contention connected Sunday meant Russell was not asked astir the incident.
However, sources adjacent to the Mercedes operator suggested determination was much of the communicative yet to travel out.
He is apt to beryllium asked astir it connected Thursday, the media time earlier the season-closing contention successful Abu Dhabi.
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